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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. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
(a) Graduate.
(b) Undergraduate.
(c) Junior high.
(d) High school.

2. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
(a) Denial.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Microaggressions.
(d) Privilege.

3. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?
(a) Obscured vision.
(b) Blind spots.
(c) Chasm.
(d) Selective seeing.

4. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1968.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2011.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?

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

3. In Chapter 15: The Whole Story, Irving warns the reader of the dangers associated with what types of stories?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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