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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of committee did Irving and another preschool parent form 6 years after Irving enrolled her first child there?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Professional Development.
(c) Diversity.
(d) Safety.

2. In Chapter 22: Why Do I Always End Up With White People?, Irving states that she was first introduced to the city of Cambridge in which year?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1986.

3. Which city does Irving use as an example of relative diversity in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds?
(a) Rochester.
(b) Bainbridge.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Winchester.

4. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?
(a) A dance company.
(b) A rideshare company.
(c) A tech company.
(d) A paper company.

5. What emotion does Irving now feel toward the group who approached her to explain intent and effect?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Indebtedness.
(d) Anger.

6. What trait does Irving name as her husband Bruce's most prominent one?
(a) His altruism.
(b) His ability to engage people.
(c) His honesty.
(d) His skills in mathematics.

7. The fruit from which kind of tree is used in a traditional practice described by Irving?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Persimmon.
(c) Calabash.
(d) Fig.

8. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

9. In Chapter 32: Getting Over Myself, Irving speaks to those experiencing which symptom as a result of considering a courageous conversation?
(a) Hives.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Jaundice.
(d) Lethargy.

10. Irving asserts that letting go of her self-image ultimately made her feel which way?
(a) Scared.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Liberated.
(d) Courageous.

11. How old was Irving when she demanded to know why her 19-year-old sister Diane was not being allowed to see the film A Patch of Blue?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

12. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?
(a) Every week.
(b) Every 3 weeks.
(c) Every month.
(d) Every 2 weeks.

13. Irving's first job after college was located in which city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Boston.

14. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?
(a) Blameless.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Entitled.
(d) Justified.

15. Five people of color and how many white men approached Irving to explain the difference between intent and effect?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Irving when her aunt moved to Cambridge?

2. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?

3. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?

4. Irving asserts that she was only able to live on what meager salary per year because she could rely on family connections and support?

5. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to pay how many dollars per year?

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