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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?
2. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?
3. What emotion does Irving now feel toward the group who approached her to explain intent and effect?
4. Irving asserts that letting go of her self-image ultimately made her feel which way?
5. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What events led up to the experience with the mirror Irving describes in Chapter 33: Perception and Fear?
2. What major goal discussed in Chapter 22: did it take Irving years to accomplish?
3. What conclusions did Irving draw after seeing the results of the Magic Step activity?
4. What alternative to the superior/inferior paradigm does Irving suggest in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?
5. How did Irving first come to work within the public school system?
6. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Irving wants to provide the reader of Waking Up White with practical advice.
7. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 25: Belonging?
8. What major mistake does Irving consider herself to have made during her project meant to serve inner city youth?
9. How does Irving describe the experience of letting go of her self-image in Chapter 32: Getting Over Myself?
10. Before Irving learned about conflict resolution, how did she deal with uncomfortable feelings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Irving employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Waking Up White and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Irving to prove particular points made within the text?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Irving's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Waking Up White.
Essay Topic 3
What is Irving's message about the relationship between race and class within the book Waking Up White?
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