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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 conceives of tailwinds as forces working toward the efforts of which group?
(a) Politicians.
(b) People of color.
(c) White people.
(d) Immigrants.

2. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) Green Acres.
(c) The Jeffersons.
(d) Sanford and Son.

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

4. In what year did Irving take a life-changing course about race at Wheelock?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2009.

5. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 10.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The activity at the end of Chapter 17: My Good People asks the reader to give reasons why they never believed that they could take which action in relation to racism?

2. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?

3. For what position did Irving first apply within the school system, as reported in Chapter 25: Belonging?

4. Irving reports that she finally came to undersand the adage, "You can only change" (208) what?

5. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?

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