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

2. What occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, etc.?
(a) Blue collar crimes.
(b) Hate crimes.
(c) White collar crimes.
(d) Sex crimes.

3. 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.

4. Multiracial US Americans officially numbered how many in 2006?
(a) 12.8 million.
(b) 19.5 million.
(c) 6.1 million.
(d) 2.4 million.

5. What is the third of five stages that whites pass through in dealing with race, according to the author in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?
(a) Pseudo-independence.
(b) Disintigration.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Immersion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tatum claims that one thing affirmative action is NOT is what in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?

2. What is a term sometimes used in the United States to include both Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans?

3. What refers to a concept introduced by France in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations in 1993?

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

5. What does the author define as an open process with a general goal of righting an injustice as an end-result?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development, Tatum addresses what element as drawing together minorities?

2. At what age is biracial identity concreted, according to 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. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What is the impact of the "one-drop" rule in history, as discussed in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

10. When and how does Tatum describe the need for racial consciousness in biracial children in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?

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