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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. Irving describes in Chapter 7: The GI BIll the way in which she came to view which object from her childhood in a negative light?
(a) Her church.
(b) Her bicycle.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her house.

2. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

3. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
(a) Race: The Power of an Illusion.
(b) Race: The Power of a Dream.
(c) Race: The Power of a Culture.
(d) Race: The Power of a Community.

4. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Amorous.
(d) Dangerous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?

3. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?

4. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

5. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?

(see the answer key)

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