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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The Melting Pot - Chapter 18: Color Blind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1960.

2. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?
(a) 17.3.
(b) 8.3.
(c) 2.4.
(d) 22.4.

3. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?
(a) White people.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) People of color.

4. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A chiropractor.
(d) An accountant.

5. Irving quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?
(a) It is complex.
(b) It seals our fates.
(c) It shapes us.
(d) It conquers our fears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?

2. How many siblings does Irving have?

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

4. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?

5. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

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