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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many million black American men fought in World War II?
(a) 1.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. In Chapter 4: Optimism, Irving finds significance in the fact that she did not live through which historical event?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The Jonestown Flood.
(d) The Red Scare.

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

4. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?
(a) A utopia.
(b) A city on a hill.
(c) A mosaic.
(d) A melting pot.

5. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
(a) Superior.
(b) Fluid.
(c) Distinct.
(d) Immutable.

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

7. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
(a) Denial.
(b) Microaggressions.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Privilege.

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

9. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?
(a) Race: The Power of a Culture.
(b) Race: The Power of a Dream.
(c) Race: The Power of a Community.
(d) Race: The Power of an Illusion.

10. 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?
(a) The civil rights movement.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) The history of slavery.

11. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) Years.
(d) Days.

12. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
(a) Junior high.
(b) High school.
(c) Undergraduate.
(d) Graduate.

13. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Anne.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

2. How many siblings does Irving have?

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

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?

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