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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

2. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her aunt.

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

4. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?
(a) Weathered.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) White.
(d) Women.

5. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Microaggression.
(b) Passive racism.
(c) Blockbusting.
(d) Unearned privilege.

6. 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) Hypodescent.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Sublimation.
(d) Hyphenation.

7. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2014.

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

9. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?
(a) Southwest.
(b) Midwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) New England.

10. Irving quotes Betsy Leondar-Wright in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, writing, "When it comes to culture, the only thing we all have in common is that we have one and that" (28) what?
(a) It seals our fates.
(b) It conquers our fears.
(c) It is complex.
(d) It shapes us.

11. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?
(a) Culture.
(b) Tenet.
(c) Community.
(d) Motto.

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

13. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?
(a) Exclusive.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Rich.

14. 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) Sounds.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Maps.

15. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) White.
(b) O'Neill.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Putnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?

2. Irving tells a story about visiting what type of black professional in her early 20s?

3. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?

4. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?

5. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

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