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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant - Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving states that race has been a problem in America for how many years?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 400.

2. The activity at the end of Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving asks the reader to think about a time when they were treated in what manner?
(a) Suggestively.
(b) Abominably.
(c) Unfairly.
(d) Preferentially.

3. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?
(a) Shoe.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Liquor.

4. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?
(a) Giving her a voice.
(b) Making her cry.
(c) Breaking her open.
(d) Stopping her in her tracks.

5. What kind of test is the Myers-Briggs test, as revealed in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?
(a) Personality.
(b) Conflict resolution.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Intelligence quotient.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?

2. What trait does Irving name as her husband Bruce's most prominent one?

3. In which publication did an article about the shaping of the mind appear, according to Irving?

4. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?

5. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

(see the answer key)

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