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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Hair color.
(c) Finger length.
(d) Height.

3. Irving remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?
(a) Becoming a teacher.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Having children.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?
(a) A human.
(b) A woman.
(c) An entity.
(d) Debby.

14. How old was Irving when she demanded to know why her 19-year-old sister Diane was not being allowed to see the film A Patch of Blue?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Irving now feel toward the group who approached her to explain intent and effect?

2. How many times had Irving seen herself as the Other by the time she had a significant encounter with herself one winter morning?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 29: Intent and Impact, Irving compares a swimming pool to which other body of water?

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

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