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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. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Years.
(d) Days.

2. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?
(a) People of color.
(b) White people.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Immigrants.

3. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?
(a) African immigrant.
(b) Indentured servant.
(c) Immigrant.
(d) Slave.

4. 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) 20.
(d) 10.

5. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?
(a) Green Acres.
(b) The Jeffersons.
(c) I Love Lucy.
(d) Sanford and Son.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?

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