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

2. What kind of committee did Irving and another preschool parent form 6 years after Irving enrolled her first child there?
(a) Professional Development.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Diversity.
(d) Safety.

3. The fruit from which kind of tree is used in a traditional practice described by Irving?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Persimmon.
(c) Fig.
(d) Calabash.

4. Which object was involved in Irving's realizations about her own appearance?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A top.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A swing.

5. How old was Irving when she demanded to know why her 19-year-old sister Diane was not being allowed to see the film A Patch of Blue?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irving describes noticing that most children of color at her workplace used which method of getting to school?

3. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

4. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?

5. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?

(see the answer key)

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