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

2. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Ammunition.

3. In Chapter 30: Feelings and the Culture of Niceness, Irving states that which element in her past caused her to face uncomfortable feelings by trying to escape from them?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Socialization.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Schooling.

4. What event does Irving use as a means of illustrating the lack of a level playing field in America?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A picnic.
(d) A foot race.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what position did Irving first apply within the school system, as reported in Chapter 25: Belonging?

2. Five people of color and how many white men approached Irving to explain the difference between intent and effect?

3. What kind of test is the Myers-Briggs test, as revealed in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain the concept of dysfunctional rescuing.

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