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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. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?
(a) Indentured servant.
(b) Immigrant.
(c) Slave.
(d) African immigrant.

2. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?
(a) Every week.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every 3 weeks.
(d) Every 2 weeks.

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

4. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

5. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?

2. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?

3. What kind of committee did Irving and another preschool parent form 6 years after Irving enrolled her first child there?

4. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?

5. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?

(see the answer key)

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