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

2. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?
(a) The civil rights movement.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) The history of slavery.
(d) The Civil War.

3. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?
(a) 10.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What term describes a form of help that disempowers the aided person or group?
(a) Dysfunctional resucing.
(b) Savior syndrome.
(c) Hero worship.
(d) Messiah moment.

5. Jared told Irving that he was stupid and that he would be going to jail by the time he had reached which age?
(a) 21.
(b) 13.
(c) 18.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?

2. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?

3. Irving remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?

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

5. 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?

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