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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. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?
(a) 1968.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1988.
(d) 2011.

2. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Amorous.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Foolish.

3. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?
(a) Comment cards.
(b) Yelp reviews.
(c) Medals.
(d) Diplomas.

4. How many million black American men fought in World War II?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

5. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
(a) Race: The Power of an Illusion.
(b) Race: The Power of a Dream.
(c) Race: The Power of a Culture.
(d) Race: The Power of a Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

2. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?

3. Irving quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?

4. 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?

5. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?

(see the answer key)

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