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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. 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) Cluelessness.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Xenophobia.

2. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?
(a) Every month.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every 2 weeks.
(d) Every 3 weeks.

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?
(a) Dissolve.
(b) Fight.
(c) Perpetuate.
(d) Address.

4. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?
(a) Volatile.
(b) Boring.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Unseemly.

5. The subtitle of Chapter 34: Becoming Multicultural notes, "Learning to navigate" what kind of world "by using multiple approaches" (204)?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Collaborative.
(c) Complex.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fruit from which kind of tree is used in a traditional practice described by Irving?

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

3. Which system in America focuses on self-sufficiency and independence, unlike those of other cultures?

4. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?

5. How old was Irving when she demanded to know why her 19-year-old sister Diane was not being allowed to see the film A Patch of Blue?

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