Name:____________________

Period:____

John Chinaman, My Joe, John 1. Read the first stanza. What is the author worried about? ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. In the second stanza, how do you think the Chinese "spoil the water holes"? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Who is upset by the spoiled water holes and what do they do to the Chinese? __________________________________________________________________ 4. What kind of work place is implied in the third stanza? __________________________________________________________________ 5. What might the author mean in the fourth stanza when he says "and more power to your tail"? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 6. In the last line, the song reads, "Don't abuse the freedom you enjoy, John Chinaman, my Jo". If you were a Chinese immigrant, what would this mean to you? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

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Part Five