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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. In Chapter 30: My Good People, Irving tries to rectify her concept of herself as a good person with her certainty that she has also been displaying which other quality?
(a) Cluelessness.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Xenophobia.
(d) Cruelty.

2. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Deception.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Powerlessness.

3. Irving recounts in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant a conversation she had with her friend Kathy, who hails from which country?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) El Salvador.

4. How long did it take Irving to meet her goal of making friends less like herself?
(a) Years.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Weeks.

5. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Psychologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?

2. In Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving, Irving describes Jane Elliott's experiments based around which element as a marker of status?

3. How many siblings does Irving have?

4. What term describes a form of help that disempowers the aided person or group?

5. 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?

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