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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Irving when her aunt moved to Cambridge?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 18.

3. 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) 1986.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2011.

4. Which object was involved in Irving's realizations about her own appearance?
(a) A top.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A swing.
(d) A mirror.

5. How many distinct groups of white mothers did Irving identity at the playgrounnd?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

8. Irving recounts in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant a conversation she had with her friend Kathy, who hails from which country?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Brazil.

9. 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) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

10. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Deception.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Powerlessness.

11. How long did it take Irving to meet her goal of making friends less like herself?
(a) Days.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Years.
(d) Months.

12. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?
(a) Educational.
(b) Financial.
(c) WASP.
(d) Table.

13. 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.

14. In Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture, Irving shares a practice she learned about while visiting which island?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Orcas.
(c) Kauai.
(d) St. John.

15. In Chapter 29: Intent and Impact, Irving compares a swimming pool to which other body of water?
(a) A river.
(b) A pond.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of test is the Myers-Briggs test, as revealed in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?

2. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?

3. Irving describes noticing that most children of color at her workplace used which method of getting to school?

4. Within what type of paradigm does America currrently operate?

5. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?

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