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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. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

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

3. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?
(a) A dance company.
(b) A paper company.
(c) A tech company.
(d) A rideshare company.

4. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
(a) Fluid.
(b) Immutable.
(c) Superior.
(d) Distinct.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?

3. At the time of Irving's writing of Waking Up White, she had lived in a particular city for how many years?

4. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?

5. What kind of parade does Irving use as an example of exclusivity in schools?

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