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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The Melting Pot - Chapter 18: Color Blind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) People of color.
(d) White people.

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

3. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?
(a) A chiropractor.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An accountant.

5. How many siblings does Irving have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer 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?

2. Kenneth Cushner's illustration of culture as an iceberg states that what percentage of culture is visible?

3. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?

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

5. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?

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