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

2. The revised OMB standards since 1997 identify a minimum of how many racial categories?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 18.

3. What is the second largest community of color that is growing the fastest according to the author?
(a) Native American.
(b) Asian-Pacific American.
(c) Latino.
(d) Arab.

4. Beverly Daniel Tatum comes down clearly in favor of what form of affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?
(a) Race-oriented.
(b) Goal-oriented.
(c) Achievement-oriented.
(d) Process-oriented.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What governmental agency is represented by the initials OMB?

2. Who does the author claim are most guilty of a culture of silence in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

3. What was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional?

4. Who signed Executive order 11246?

5. Multiracial US Americans officially numbered how many in 2006?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author introduce the concept of affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

2. How is biracial development approached by the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

3. What reactions can result from attempts to relate one's subculture to a broader culture, according to the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development?

4. How does Tatum suggest Whites find redefinition in racial identity in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

5. What is the first ethnic/racial group that the author addresses in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development? Who comprises this group?

6. How does Tatum describe the development of white identity in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?

7. What are the costs of a lack of a racial dialogue, according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

8. What does Beverly Tatum believe regarding racial dialogue in America, as discussed in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?

9. How does the author describe differences between males and females in biracial identity formation in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

10. What are the advantages of affirmative action, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

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