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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 many times had Irving seen herself as the Other by the time she had a significant encounter with herself one winter morning?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

2. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?
(a) Selective seeing.
(b) Chasm.
(c) Obscured vision.
(d) Blind spots.

3. In Chapter 40: Bull in a China Shop, Irving describes realizing that what passed for her normal had the potential to have what effect on people of color?
(a) Degrade.
(b) Exoticize.
(c) Alienate.
(d) Shame.

4. What type of item was used in the activity during which white participants became emotional?
(a) Candies.
(b) Coins.
(c) Plants.
(d) Note cards.

5. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York City.

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. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?

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

4. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?

5. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?

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