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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. How many different categories does Betsy Leondar-Wright identify when she provides "a way of thinking about class" (30)?
(a) 7.
(b) 19.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Martha.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Mary.

3. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Assimilation.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Whiteness.

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

5. 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) Address.
(b) Perpetuate.
(c) Fight.
(d) Dissolve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving recalls in Chapter 5: Within the Walls that in her childhood world, problems were deemed what?

2. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?

3. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?

4. How many siblings does Irving have?

5. Irving advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?

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