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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37: Boxes and Ladders - Chapter 46: Whole Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Asian.
(d) Latinx.

2. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?
(a) Inclusion.
(b) Investigation.
(c) Communication.
(d) Forgiveness.

3. In what type of profession does Irving's friend Verna Myers work?
(a) Law.
(b) Education.
(c) Food service.
(d) Medicine.

4. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 150.
(d) 250.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 30: Feelings and the Culture of Niceness, Irving states that which element in her past caused her to face uncomfortable feelings by trying to escape from them?

2. Irving conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?

3. In Chapter 4: Optimism, Irving finds significance in the fact that she did not live through which historical event?

4. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?

5. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?

(see the answer key)

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