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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) $12,000.
(c) $48,000.
(d) $36,000.

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

5. Irving describes noticing that most children of color at her workplace used which method of getting to school?
(a) Bus.
(b) Parent vehicle.
(c) By foot.
(d) Train.

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

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

8. 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) Unfairly.
(b) Abominably.
(c) Preferentially.
(d) Suggestively.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. The subtitle of Chapter 34: Becoming Multicultural notes, "Learning to navigate" what kind of world "by using multiple approaches" (204)?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Complex.
(c) Collaborative.
(d) Hateful.

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

15. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?

2. What type of event did Irving attend that purported to be "by and for people of color" (141)?

3. The fruit from which kind of tree is used in a traditional practice described by Irving?

4. What event does Irving use as a means of illustrating the lack of a level playing field in America?

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

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