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

2. Within what type of paradigm does America currrently operate?
(a) The capitalist.
(b) The superior-inferior paradigm.
(c) The healing waters paradigm.
(d) The strength-in-numbers paradigm.

3. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?
(a) A human.
(b) A woman.
(c) An entity.
(d) Debby.

4. Which object was involved in Irving's realizations about her own appearance?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A top.
(d) A swing.

5. What kind of test is the Myers-Briggs test, as revealed in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?
(a) Conflict resolution.
(b) Intelligence quotient.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Personality.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 31: Courageous Conversations, Irving provides a bulleted list of ground rules for use in which arena?

4. Irving asserts that letting go of her self-image ultimately made her feel which way?

5. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Irving wants to provide the reader of Waking Up White with practical advice.

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

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

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

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