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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. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?
(a) 1983.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2005.

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

3. Irving tells the reader about the vast differences between her Myers-Briggs test results and those of which other person?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Diane.
(d) Emily.

4. What kind of committee did Irving and another preschool parent form 6 years after Irving enrolled her first child there?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Professional Development.
(d) Safety.

5. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?
(a) Stopping her in her tracks.
(b) Giving her a voice.
(c) Making her cry.
(d) Breaking her open.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?

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

3. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

4. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

5. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?

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