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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who elaborated on Erik Erikson's identity model to include identity formation in a variety of life domains?
(a) Albert Michaels.
(b) Robert Meredith.
(c) James Marcia.
(d) Prescott Smith.

2. Native American groups constitute around how many people, according to the author?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 750,000.

3. What refers to a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Euthanize.
(c) Affront.
(d) Default.

4. What is the third of three stages of racial consciousness in minority groups delineated in Jean Phinney's model of ethnic identity development?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Searching.
(c) Achievement.
(d) Unexamined.

5. In what year did the Mexican-American War end?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1857.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term means to state or assert positively; maintain as true?

2. What is the name of Tatum's son who commented when he was young that a white mother and her black child "didn't match" in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3?

3. What concept defined by the author holds the extended family as a reference group for social support?

4. In Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood, Tatum reports that she did not sit at the Black table in her cafeteria for what reason?

5. What refers to the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States?

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