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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 which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
(a) High school.
(b) Junior high.
(c) Undergraduate.
(d) Graduate.

2. How old was Irving when her aunt moved to Cambridge?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

3. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?
(a) Foot length.
(b) Finger length.
(c) Eye color.
(d) Hair color.

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

5. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Justified.
(c) Entitled.
(d) Blameless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?

2. In which state did Irving attend an event advertised as being "by and for people of color" (141)?

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

4. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?

5. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?

(see the answer key)

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