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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 advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?
(a) Dominant.
(b) Qualitative.
(c) Marginalized.
(d) Quantitative.

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

3. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 150.

4. 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?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1972.

5. How long did it take Irving to meet her goal of making friends less like herself?
(a) Years.
(b) Months.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?

2. At which institution was Dr. McIntosh teaching when she wrote an influential essay about white privilege?

3. Irving describes noticing the perpetual presence of which children sitting on benches in the principal's office?

4. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

5. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?

(see the answer key)

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