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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Unearned privilege.
(b) Passive racism.
(c) Blockbusting.
(d) Microaggression.

2. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 150.

3. In which U.S. state did an ancestor of Irving's establish New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Florida.
(c) Maine.
(d) California.

4. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?
(a) White people.
(b) Democrats.
(c) People of color.
(d) Immigrants.

5. In the story Irving uses to open Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said, how old was she at the time?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

2. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?

3. Irving asserts in Chapter 4: Optimism that the American Dream is accessible to whom?

4. Irving states that American culture and government have always rejected the idea of America as what object?

5. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which movement within history does Irving wish her parents had discussed with her?

2. Irving asserts that when which three elements are added together, they equal systemic racism?

3. What is the symbolism of the set of diplomas described in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes?

4. What was the Carlisle School and what effect did it have on the rest of the country?

5. What is the significance of Jean Elliott's experimentation in 1968?

6. For what reason does Irving use an allusion to the television show I Love Lucy in Chapter 12: Icebergs?

7. For what purpose does Irving include an allusion to Norman Rockwell in Chapter 2: Family Values?

8. What major myth propagated within the population of Baby Boomers does Irving discuss in Chapter 4: Optimism?

9. Compare and contrast the answer Irving's mother gave her in Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said with the answer Irving believes should have been delivered.

10. What is the motivation for the dominant culture's stance regarding America as either a melting pot or a mosaic?

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