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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. When Jared climbed onto the magic step described in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations, he imagined that he had which position by the age of 25?
(a) Doctor.
(b) President.
(c) Soccer player.
(d) Football player.

2. Irving's discussion of a particular fruit reminds her of how what type of forces had shaped her?
(a) Religious.
(b) Cultural.
(c) Unseen.
(d) Patriarchal.

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

4. In Chapter 29: Intent and Impact, Irving compares a swimming pool to which other body of water?
(a) A lake.
(b) A river.
(c) A pond.
(d) An ocean.

5. Irving reports that she finally came to undersand the adage, "You can only change" (208) what?
(a) Yourself.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Problems.
(d) The world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?

2. Irving's project sought to help which kind of people living in inner-city areas?

3. In Chapter 32: Getting Over Myself, Irving speaks to those experiencing which symptom as a result of considering a courageous conversation?

4. For what type of broadcasting station did Irving begin working after college?

5. In Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture, Irving shares a practice she learned about while visiting which island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain the concept of dysfunctional rescuing.

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

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