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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37: Boxes and Ladders - Chapter 46: Whole Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?
(a) Winchester.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Honoree.
(d) Camby.

3. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Whiteness.
(d) Assimilation.

4. In Chapter 30: My Good People, Irving tries to rectify her concept of herself as a good person with her certainty that she has also been displaying which other quality?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Cluelessness.
(c) Xenophobia.
(d) Cruelty.

5. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?

2. In what state is the Montgomery County Public Schools district discussed in Chapter 39: Equality Starts With Equity?

3. Which quality did Irving's father stress above all others throughout his children's childhoods?

4. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?

5. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?

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