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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Jared climbed onto the magic step described in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations, he imagined that he had which position by the age of 25?
(a) Soccer player.
(b) President.
(c) Football player.
(d) Doctor.

3. For what position did Irving first apply within the school system, as reported in Chapter 25: Belonging?
(a) Second grade teacher.
(b) Teacher's assistant.
(c) Vice principal.
(d) Custodian.

4. 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) 1999.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1972.

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

6. In which publication did an article about the shaping of the mind appear, according to Irving?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Time.
(c) Washington Post.
(d) New York Times.

7. To whom does Irving attribute the quote, "Get over yourself!" (196)?
(a) Kathy.
(b) The Dalai Lama.
(c) Emily.
(d) Verna Myers.

8. 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) Safety.
(d) Diversity.

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

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

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

12. Irving states that race has been a problem in America for how many years?
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

13. For what type of broadcasting station did Irving begin working after college?
(a) Radio.
(b) Blog.
(c) Public television.
(d) Cable television.

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

15. Irving reports that she finally came to undersand the adage, "You can only change" (208) what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) The world.
(c) Problems.
(d) Yourself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jared told Irving that he was stupid and that he would be going to jail by the time he had reached which age?

2. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?

3. Which city does Irving use as an example of relative diversity in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds?

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

5. In Chapter 30: Feelings and the Culture of Niceness, Irving states that which element in her past caused her to face uncomfortable feelings by trying to escape from them?

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