Japanese: Question and Answer

1. What kind of Japanese came to Hawaii?

A. rich people

B. farmers and peasants

C. funny people

2. What part of Japan did they come from?

A. southwestern

B. north

C. west

3. What kind of clothing did they wear when they first came?

A. shorts and shirt

B. naked

C. kimono

4.What was the Japanese main dish out in the fields?

A. rice

B. sushi

C. meat

5. How much was the average monthly pay for the early Japanese immigrants?

A. 20 dollars

B. 8 dollars

C. 15 dollars

6. What did the plantation government let women come as?

A. workers

B. picture brides

C. doctors

7. Why did the Japanese go to the Japanese shrines and temples on New Year's day?

A. to clean

B. to hit the gong 

C. to get blessed

8. What did they wear at a bon dance?

A. muumuu or aloha attire

B. kimono

C. western dress

9. What did the people that had no land do?

A. looked for a job

B. stayed at home 

C. committed suicide

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