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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. What is the name of the second grade student Irving discusses in Chapter 38: From Tolerance to Engagement?
(a) Megan.
(b) Stacy.
(c) Rory.
(d) Rosie.

2. 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) Cruelty.
(d) Xenophobia.

3. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Hypodescent.
(c) Hyphenation.
(d) Sublimation.

4. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?
(a) Obscured vision.
(b) Blind spots.
(c) Chasm.
(d) Selective seeing.

5. Irving states that race has been a problem in America for how many years?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 100.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?

2. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?

3. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?

4. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?

5. What pronoun is used in the title of the first document included after the conclusion of the main text?

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