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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. What sort of literary device does Irving use to stress the verbs "avoid" and "perpetuate" in relation to the "zap factor" (92)?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Allusion.

2. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?
(a) Table.
(b) Financial.
(c) WASP.
(d) Educational.

3. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

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

5. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?
(a) Her status as a mother.
(b) Her able-bodied status.
(c) Her status as a woman.
(d) Her status as a holder of a graduate degree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving recounts in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant a conversation she had with her friend Kathy, who hails from which country?

2. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?

3. How many distinct groups of white mothers did Irving identity at the playgrounnd?

4. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?

5. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?

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