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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different categories does Betsy Leondar-Wright identify when she provides "a way of thinking about class" (30)?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 19.
(d) 3.

2. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Assimilation.
(c) Whiteness.
(d) Privilege.

3. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) California.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1720s.
(c) The 1860s.
(d) The 1790s.

5. Irving states that the theory of colorblindness maintains all but which of the following within American society?
(a) Silence.
(b) Denial.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Tolerance.

6. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?
(a) Eye color.
(b) Foot length.
(c) Finger length.
(d) Hair color.

7. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?
(a) Yelp reviews.
(b) Diplomas.
(c) Medals.
(d) Comment cards.

8. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?
(a) Landmarks.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Sounds.
(d) Maps.

9. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Farmers' Almanac.
(c) The Golden Rule.
(d) The Bible.

10. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

11. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) Boston.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Philadelphia.

12. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) White people.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) People of color.
(d) Democrats.

13. In the story Irving uses to open Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said, how old was she at the time?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

14. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?
(a) A mosaic.
(b) A city on a hill.
(c) A melting pot.
(d) A black hole.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

2. What does the letter P stand for in the acronym WASP?

3. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?

4. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?

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

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