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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 describes noticing that most children of color at her workplace used which method of getting to school?
(a) Train.
(b) Parent vehicle.
(c) By foot.
(d) Bus.

2. The subtitle of Chapter 33: Perception and Fear states, "The firt tiime I saw myself as white and" (199) what?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Responsible.
(c) Scary.
(d) Compassionate.

3. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Maps.
(c) Sounds.
(d) Landmarks.

4. How much management experience did Irving have when she was hired by a broadcasting station after college?
(a) A lot.
(b) A little.
(c) A moderate amount.
(d) None.

5. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?
(a) Obscured vision.
(b) Blind spots.
(c) Chasm.
(d) Selective seeing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?

2. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?

3. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?

4. Irving's first job after college was located in which city?

5. How old was Irving when her aunt moved to Cambridge?

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