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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 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?
(a) Systemic.
(b) Racist.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Beautiful.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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 house.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her church.
(d) Her bicycle.

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

12. Irving remarks on the recent push to use the term "enslaved African" (107) in lieu of which term?
(a) Slave.
(b) Indentured servant.
(c) Immigrant.
(d) African immigrant.

13. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?
(a) Asian.
(b) White.
(c) Latinx.
(d) Black.

14. 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) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last name of Irving's ancestor who established New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

2. 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?

3. When Irving was not yet ready to examine her own white privilege, which other quality of her identity did she decide to start with?

4. By what decade had "pale skin become a beauty ideal for white people, making its way into European art and literature" (57)?

5. At what age did Irving graduate from college, effectively ending the unexamined part of her life?

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