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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. Jared told Irving that he was stupid and that he would be going to jail by the time he had reached which age?
(a) 30.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 13.

2. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?
(a) Martha.
(b) Mary.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Mabel.

3. Irving reports that she finally came to undersand the adage, "You can only change" (208) what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) The world.
(c) Yourself.
(d) Problems.

4. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?
(a) Honoree.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Camby.
(d) Winchester.

5. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?

2. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?

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

4. Irving's project sought to help which kind of people living in inner-city areas?

5. In Chapter 22: Why Do I Always End Up With White People?, Irving states that she was first introduced to the city of Cambridge in which year?

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