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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 siblings does Irving have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

3. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
(a) Denial.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Microaggressions.

4. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?
(a) Debby.
(b) A woman.
(c) An entity.
(d) A human.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what position did Irving first apply within the school system, as reported in Chapter 25: Belonging?

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

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

4. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

5. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?

(see the answer key)

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