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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. Which quality did Irving's father stress above all others throughout his children's childhoods?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Affection.

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

3. Irving asserts that letting go of her self-image ultimately made her feel which way?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Liberated.
(c) Scared.
(d) Triumphant.

4. Irving advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?
(a) Marginalized.
(b) Quantitative.
(c) Qualitative.
(d) Dominant.

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?
(a) Suggestively.
(b) Unfairly.
(c) Preferentially.
(d) Abominably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Irving use as a means of illustrating the lack of a level playing field in America?

2. Irving's project sought to help which kind of people living in inner-city areas?

3. In Chapter 22: Why Do I Always End Up With White People?, Irving states that she was first introduced to the city of Cambridge in which year?

4. The subtitle of Chapter 33: Perception and Fear states, "The firt tiime I saw myself as white and" (199) what?

5. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?

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