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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. The subtitle of Chapter 33: Perception and Fear states, "The firt tiime I saw myself as white and" (199) what?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Scary.
(c) Responsible.
(d) Compassionate.

2. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?
(a) 0.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

4. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?
(a) Educational.
(b) Table.
(c) Financial.
(d) WASP.

5. Who asked Irving why her black classmates were "all in the lower reading groups" (150) at school?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Christina.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Irving take a life-changing course about race at Wheelock?

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?

3. The fruit from which kind of tree is used in a traditional practice described by Irving?

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

5. For what position did Irving first apply within the school system, as reported in Chapter 25: Belonging?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Irving link the themes of oppression and brutality within Chapter 34: Becomiing Multicultural?

2. Who came to assist Irving after the conflict at the conference by and for people of color and how did they help?

3. What major mistake does Irving consider herself to have made during her project meant to serve inner city youth?

4. What alternative to the superior/inferior paradigm does Irving suggest in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?

5. How did the magic step activity change Gerrard's behavior and why?

6. How did Irving first come to work within the public school system?

7. What is the symbolism of the calabash fruit, as discussed in Chapter 33: Perception and Fear?

8. What requirements were in place at the preschool where Irving enrolled her eldest daughter and how did the requirements shape the school's population?

9. For how many years had Irving been associated with the preschool when she took a proactive step to address inequity? Why is this fact significant?

10. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Irving wants to provide the reader of Waking Up White with practical advice.

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