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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. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Rich.
(d) Exclusive.

2. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?
(a) Baby Boomers.
(b) Generation X.
(c) The Lost Generation.
(d) Generation Y.

3. How many siblings does Irving have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

5. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) People of color.
(d) White people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kenneth Cushner's illustration of culture as an iceberg states that what percentage of culture is visible?

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

3. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

4. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?

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

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