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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?
(a) 2.4.
(b) 22.4.
(c) 17.3.
(d) 8.3.

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

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

4. Irving describes in Chapter 7: The GI BIll the way in which she came to view which object from her childhood in a negative light?
(a) Her bicycle.
(b) Her church.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her house.

5. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?
(a) Anne Bradstreet.
(b) Edmund Burke.
(c) Noel Coward.
(d) Edmund Spenser.

6. 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) Xenophobia.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Cluelessness.
(d) Cruelty.

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

8. Irving reveals in Chapter 4: Optimism that she was born in which year?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.

9. How many siblings does Irving have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?
(a) Volatile.
(b) Boring.
(c) Unseemly.
(d) Dangerous.

11. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?
(a) Mary.
(b) Martha.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Lydia.

12. Irving recalls in Chapter 5: Within the Walls that in her childhood world, problems were deemed what?
(a) Permanent.
(b) All-consuming.
(c) Incidental.
(d) Private.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?

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

4. In Chapter 15: The Whole Story, Irving warns the reader of the dangers associated with what types of stories?

5. In what part of the country did Irving grow up, according to Chapter 5: Within the Walls?

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