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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. How many times had Irving seen herself as the Other by the time she had a significant encounter with herself one winter morning?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

2. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?
(a) Silence.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Denial.

3. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.

4. In which U.S. state did an ancestor of Irving's establish New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) California.
(b) Maine.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Florida.

5. To whom does Irving attribute the quote, "Get over yourself!" (196)?
(a) Emily.
(b) Verna Myers.
(c) The Dalai Lama.
(d) Kathy.

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 cites the vast difference in how people of color and white people relate to which institution in America?

3. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?

4. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to pay how many dollars per year?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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