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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 remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?
(a) Going to college.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Becoming a teacher.
(d) Having children.

2. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?
(a) Rich.
(b) Exclusive.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Privilege.

3. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
(a) Denial.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Microaggressions.
(d) Privilege.

4. What kind of parade does Irving use as an example of exclusivity in schools?
(a) Pride.
(b) Mardi Gras.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Halloween.

5. In which U.S. state did an ancestor of Irving's establish New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) Maine.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4: Optimism, Irving finds significance in the fact that she did not live through which historical event?

2. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?

3. 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?

4. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

5. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?

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