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

2. How many million black American men fought in World War II?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 9.

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

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

5. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?

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

3. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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