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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: My Good Luck - Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of literary device does Irving use to stress the verbs "avoid" and "perpetuate" in relation to the "zap factor" (92)?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

2. When Jared climbed onto the magic step described in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations, he imagined that he had which position by the age of 25?
(a) Soccer player.
(b) President.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Football player.

3. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Putnam.
(c) White.
(d) O'Neill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?

3. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?

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

5. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?

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