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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. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that children can notice race as young as how old?
(a) Three years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

2. What refers to the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States?
(a) Postmodern psychology.
(b) Modern civilization.
(c) Cohesive physics.
(d) African-American history.

3. When did the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution take place?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1865.

4. In what year did the Mexican-American War begin?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1885.

5. When was The Negro to Black Conversion Experience published?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Tatum attend and describe as a black school that had recently gone co-ed in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

2. Tatum conceives of herself as both perceiving and _______ race.

3. What refers to something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial?

4. What refers to the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness?

5. Why did Tatum's son assume a black boy was running down the street in an example given in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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