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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. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

2. In Chapter 2: Family Values, Irving compares her childhood to paintings created by which famous artist?
(a) Rembrandt.
(b) Norman Rockwell.
(c) Andy Warhol.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

3. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?
(a) African immigrant.
(b) Indentured servant.
(c) Slave.
(d) Immigrant.

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

5. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?
(a) Southwest.
(b) Northwest.
(c) Midwest.
(d) New England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter P stand for in the acronym WASP?

2. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?

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

4. In what year did Dr. McIntosh write an essay called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" (86)?

5. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?

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