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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. The activity at the end of Chapter 17: My Good People asks the reader to give reasons why they never believed that they could take which action in relation to racism?
(a) Perpetuate.
(b) Fight.
(c) Address.
(d) Dissolve.

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

3. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?
(a) Baby Boomers.
(b) Generation X.
(c) The Lost Generation.
(d) Generation Y.

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

5. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?

2. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?

3. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?

4. The activity at the end of Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving asks the reader to think about a time when they were treated in what manner?

5. How many million black American men fought in World War II?

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