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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Takaki go to college?

2. What did immigrants think about Hawaii? Why did they go there?

3. What valley did the author grow up in?

4. In Chapter 3, how does Takaki claim Chinese immigrants were victimized?

5. What does Takaki say is the fastest growing ethnic population?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration?

2. How did Asian Indians tend to dress and how did this lead to racial slurs?

3. What was the major industry Filipino immigrants became involved in?

4. Why did Filipino workers strike and what was the outcome of the strikes?

5. What are blood unions and what did they later become?

6. Describe the Chinese immigrants' experience with the Central Pacific Railroad.

7. In what neighborhoods did Korean immigrants live in?

8. Why did Chinese immigrants open laundromats?

9. What jobs did Filipino women hold prior to coming to America?

10. Describe the story of Lung On and Ing Hay.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly discuss Marx's economic theory and how it influenced Takaki. Define the term industrial reserve army and how Takaki uses it in his book.

Essay Topic 2

How did the sugar mills influence Hawaii's economy? Describe how the sugar mills effected the local population and how immigration changed the industry.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Abiko Kyutaro and the Yamato Colony? How did this man have an impact on Asian Immigration? How did the American government try to stop his colony? Did they succeed?

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