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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: My Good Luck - Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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) Football player.
(c) Soccer player.
(d) President.
2. Which city does Irving use as an example of relative diversity in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds?
(a) Rochester.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Bainbridge.
3. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The American Revolution.
4. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.
5. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?
2. Irving states in Chapter 7: The GI BIll that "In the end, a mere" how many "percent of black GIs were able to access the bill's offer of free education" (46)?
3. Irving describes in Chapter 7: The GI BIll the way in which she came to view which object from her childhood in a negative light?
4. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?
5. Irving cites the vast difference in how people of color and white people relate to which institution in America?
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