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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of item was used in the activity during which white participants became emotional?
(a) Note cards.
(b) Candies.
(c) Plants.
(d) Coins.

2. Jared told Irving that he was stupid and that he would be going to jail by the time he had reached which age?
(a) 21.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 13.

3. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?
(a) Investigation.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Communication.
(d) Inclusion.

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

5. What punishment did Irving earn for challenging her mother about giving Diane permission to see A Patch of Blue?
(a) She was kept home from a party.
(b) She was sent to her room.
(c) She was spanked.
(d) She was given extra chores.

6. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?
(a) An entity.
(b) A human.
(c) A woman.
(d) Debby.

7. In Chapter 31: Courageous Conversations, Irving provides a bulleted list of ground rules for use in which arena?
(a) Banking.
(b) Email.
(c) Workplace.
(d) Conversation.

8. Irving asserts that she was only able to live on what meager salary per year because she could rely on family connections and support?
(a) $24,000.
(b) $36,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $48,000.

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

10. Within what type of paradigm does America currrently operate?
(a) The strength-in-numbers paradigm.
(b) The capitalist.
(c) The healing waters paradigm.
(d) The superior-inferior paradigm.

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

12. What type of event did Irving attend that purported to be "by and for people of color" (141)?
(a) A dance.
(b) A retreat.
(c) A conference.
(d) A wedding.

13. Irving's project sought to help which kind of people living in inner-city areas?
(a) The homeless.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Those with mental illness.
(d) Youth.

14. The activity at the end of Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving asks the reader to think about a time when they were treated in what manner?
(a) Suggestively.
(b) Abominably.
(c) Unfairly.
(d) Preferentially.

15. Irving discusses attending a workshop focused on what type of differences?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Racial.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much management experience did Irving have when she was hired by a broadcasting station after college?

2. 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?

3. What kind of parade does Irving use as an example of exclusivity in schools?

4. How many distinct groups of white mothers did Irving identity at the playgrounnd?

5. Who asked Irving why her black classmates were "all in the lower reading groups" (150) at school?

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