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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?
(a) Making her cry.
(b) Breaking her open.
(c) Stopping her in her tracks.
(d) Giving her a voice.

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

9. Irving describes noticing the perpetual presence of which children sitting on benches in the principal's office?
(a) Black boys.
(b) White boys.
(c) Kindergarteners.
(d) Latinx girls.

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

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

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

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

14. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. To whom does Irving attribute the quote, "Get over yourself!" (196)?

5. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?

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