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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Brazil.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) El Salvador.

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

3. Irving tells the reader about the vast differences between her Myers-Briggs test results and those of which other person?
(a) Diane.
(b) Bruce.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Emily.

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

5. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to pay how many dollars per year?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $7,500.

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

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

8. How many times had Irving seen herself as the Other by the time she had a significant encounter with herself one winter morning?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

9. What kind of parade does Irving use as an example of exclusivity in schools?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Pride.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Mardi Gras.

10. What term describes a form of help that disempowers the aided person or group?
(a) Messiah moment.
(b) Hero worship.
(c) Savior syndrome.
(d) Dysfunctional resucing.

11. Irving discusses an article that revolves around which element's ability to shape the mind?
(a) Political life.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Language.
(d) Race.

12. What event does Irving use as a means of illustrating the lack of a level playing field in America?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A foot race.

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

14. What kind of test is the Myers-Briggs test, as revealed in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Conflict resolution.
(c) Personality.
(d) Intelligence quotient.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In which state did Irving attend an event advertised as being "by and for people of color" (141)?

3. 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?

4. Irving's project sought to help which kind of people living in inner-city areas?

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

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