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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. What does the letter P stand for in the acronym WASP?
(a) Privileged.
(b) Patriotic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Passive.

2. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Blockbusting.
(b) Microaggression.
(c) Unearned privilege.
(d) Passive racism.

3. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?
(a) Women.
(b) White.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Weathered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story Irving uses to open Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said, how old was she at the time?

2. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?

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

4. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?

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

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