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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant - Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 30: Feelings and the Culture of Niceness, Irving states that which element in her past caused her to face uncomfortable feelings by trying to escape from them?
(a) Schooling.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Socialization.

2. What event does Irving use as a means of illustrating the lack of a level playing field in America?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A picnic.
(c) A foot race.
(d) A birthday party.

3. When Jared climbed onto the magic step described in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations, he imagined that he had which position by the age of 25?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Soccer player.
(c) President.
(d) Football player.

4. Irving's first job after college was located in which city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Cambridge.

5. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
(a) Junior high.
(b) Undergraduate.
(c) High school.
(d) Graduate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?

2. What was the first name of the woman who established New Salem Academy through the acquisition of a land grant?

3. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?

4. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?

5. Around how many Indian boarding schools at one time existed in the United States, all inspired by the Carlisle School?

(see the answer key)

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