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

2. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?
(a) Deception.
(b) Powerlessness.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Confusion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What trait does Irving name as her husband Bruce's most prominent one?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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