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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said - Chapter 9: White Superiority.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Irving recalls in Chapter 5: Within the Walls that in her childhood world, problems were deemed what?
(a) Permanent.
(b) All-consuming.
(c) Incidental.
(d) Private.

4. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Accountant.

5. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Racist.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Systemic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?

2. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?

3. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?

4. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?

5. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?

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