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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 many times had Irving seen herself as the Other by the time she had a significant encounter with herself one winter morning?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. In Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture, Irving shares a practice she learned about while visiting which island?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Orcas.
(c) St. John.
(d) Kauai.

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 attending a workshop focused on what type of differences?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Racial.
(c) Aesthetic.
(d) Invisible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Irving why her black classmates were "all in the lower reading groups" (150) at school?

2. To whom does Irving attribute the quote, "Get over yourself!" (196)?

3. Irving describes noticing the perpetual presence of which children sitting on benches in the principal's office?

4. Within what type of paradigm does America currrently operate?

5. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Irving learn from her experience with the mirror one year into her "waking-up process" (199)?

2. In what way does Irving indicate in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant that growth can be painful?

3. How does Irving go about outlining the privilege inherent in her own life?

4. How does Irving describe the experience of letting go of her self-image in Chapter 32: Getting Over Myself?

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

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

7. Before Irving learned about conflict resolution, how did she deal with uncomfortable feelings?

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

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

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

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