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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: My Good Luck - Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?
(a) A black hole.
(b) A city on a hill.
(c) A melting pot.
(d) A mosaic.

2. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?
(a) Boring.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Unseemly.
(d) Volatile.

3. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?
(a) White people.
(b) Poor people.
(c) People of color.
(d) Wealthy people.

4. Irving describes noticing the perpetual presence of which children sitting on benches in the principal's office?
(a) Latinx girls.
(b) White boys.
(c) Kindergarteners.
(d) Black boys.

5. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?
(a) Amorous.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?

2. In which grade was Irving's student named Jared, whom she discusses in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations?

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

4. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?

5. Irving recalls in Chapter 5: Within the Walls that in her childhood world, problems were deemed what?

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