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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 in Chapter 7: The GI BIll the way in which she came to view which object from her childhood in a negative light?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her bicycle.
(d) Her church.

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

3. What sort of literary device does Irving use to stress the verbs "avoid" and "perpetuate" in relation to the "zap factor" (92)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

5. In Chapter 29: Intent and Impact, Irving compares a swimming pool to which other body of water?
(a) A lake.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A river.
(d) A pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?

2. How many distinct groups of white mothers did Irving identity at the playgrounnd?

3. What punishment did Irving earn for challenging her mother about giving Diane permission to see A Patch of Blue?

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

5. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?

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