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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant - Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?
(a) A paper company.
(b) A tech company.
(c) A rideshare company.
(d) A dance company.

2. Irving states that skin color symbolism plus favoritism plus power equals which element?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Inequity.
(c) Systemic racism.
(d) Privilege.

3. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Hyphenation.
(c) Sublimation.
(d) Hypodescent.

4. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?
(a) Powerlessness.
(b) Deception.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Hatred.

5. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Farmers' Almanac.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Golden Rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?

2. Irving describes noticing the perpetual presence of which children sitting on benches in the principal's office?

3. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to pay how many dollars per year?

4. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

5. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

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