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

2. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?
(a) Every week.
(b) Every 2 weeks.
(c) Every month.
(d) Every 3 weeks.

3. In what year did Irving take a life-changing course about race at Wheelock?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2015.

4. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Blameless.
(c) Justified.
(d) Entitled.

5. Irving discusses an article that revolves around which element's ability to shape the mind?
(a) Language.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Political life.
(d) Race.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of event did Irving attend that purported to be "by and for people of color" (141)?

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

4. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?

5. How old was Irving when her aunt moved to Cambridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Irving first become familiar with the city of Cambridge and for how many years had she lived there at the time of her writing?

2. What conclusions did Irving draw after seeing the results of the Magic Step activity?

3. What purpose does Irving have in mind when she shares the family story about A Patch of Blue?

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

5. What proactive step did Irving take along with another mother at her daughter's preschool?

6. 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?

7. What events led up to the experience with the mirror Irving describes in Chapter 33: Perception and Fear?

8. What does Irving mean in Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture when she writes, "I never felt white; I just felt like Debby" (212)?

9. What major goal discussed in Chapter 22: did it take Irving years to accomplish?

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

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