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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. For what type of broadcasting station did Irving begin working after college?
(a) Public television.
(b) Blog.
(c) Cable television.
(d) Radio.

2. Irving recounts in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant a conversation she had with her friend Kathy, who hails from which country?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) El Salvador.

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

4. The fruit from which kind of tree is used in a traditional practice described by Irving?
(a) Persimmon.
(b) Fig.
(c) Calabash.
(d) Cherry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?

2. In Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving, Irving describes Jane Elliott's experiments based around which element as a marker of status?

3. Irving describes noticing that most children of color at her workplace used which method of getting to school?

4. What kind of parade does Irving use as an example of exclusivity in schools?

5. The subtitle of Chapter 25: Belonging states, "How my sense of belonging also allowed me to feel" (155) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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