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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. Which quality did Irving's father stress above all others throughout his children's childhoods?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Affection.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Compassion.

2. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?
(a) Northwest.
(b) New England.
(c) Midwest.
(d) Southwest.

3. In which grade was Irving's student named Jared, whom she discusses in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations?
(a) 4th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 9th.

4. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?
(a) Stopping her in her tracks.
(b) Making her cry.
(c) Breaking her open.
(d) Giving her a voice.

5. For what position did Irving first apply within the school system, as reported in Chapter 25: Belonging?
(a) Second grade teacher.
(b) Teacher's assistant.
(c) Vice principal.
(d) Custodian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?

2. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?

3. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?

4. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?

5. In what grade were the students who always completed a particular project in a teacher's classroom?

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