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

2. 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?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1986.

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Socialization.

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

8. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Camby.
(c) Winchester.
(d) Honoree.

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

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

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

12. Jared told Irving that he was stupid and that he would be going to jail by the time he had reached which age?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 30.

13. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?
(a) A paper company.
(b) A rideshare company.
(c) A dance company.
(d) A tech company.

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) Hives.
(c) Jaundice.
(d) Lethargy.

15. 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) Suggestively.
(c) Abominably.
(d) Preferentially.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving's first job after college was located in which city?

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

3. The subtitle of Chapter 34: Becoming Multicultural notes, "Learning to navigate" what kind of world "by using multiple approaches" (204)?

4. Which object was involved in Irving's realizations about her own appearance?

5. In Chapter 31: Courageous Conversations, Irving provides a bulleted list of ground rules for use in which arena?

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