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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much management experience did Irving have when she was hired by a broadcasting station after college?
(a) None.
(b) A little.
(c) A lot.
(d) A moderate amount.

2. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Korean War.

3. At the time of Irving's writing of Waking Up White, she had lived in a particular city for how many years?
(a) 5.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. In Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving, Irving describes Jane Elliott's experiments based around which element as a marker of status?
(a) Eye color.
(b) Finger length.
(c) Height.
(d) Hair color.

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

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

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

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) $36,000.
(b) $48,000.
(c) $24,000.
(d) $12,000.

9. Irving's discussion of a particular fruit reminds her of how what type of forces had shaped her?
(a) Unseen.
(b) Patriarchal.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Religious.

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

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

12. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1983.
(d) 2001.

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

14. In Chapter 32: Getting Over Myself, Irving speaks to those experiencing which symptom as a result of considering a courageous conversation?
(a) Tremors.
(b) Jaundice.
(c) Hives.
(d) Lethargy.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving cites the vast difference in how people of color and white people relate to which institution in America?

2. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?

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

4. Irving states that race has been a problem in America for how many years?

5. Irving recounts in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant a conversation she had with her friend Kathy, who hails from which country?

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