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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. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her cousin.

2. Irving states in Chapter 5: Within the Walls, "If I could turn back time and rewrite the script for those years, my parents would be deft at sharing with me the realities of American history, especially" what?
(a) The civil rights movement.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The history of slavery.

3. In Chapter 12: Icebergs, Irving uses an episode of which classic television show to illustrate the "capacity for self-reinforced thinking" (79)?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) Sanford and Son.
(c) The Jeffersons.
(d) Green Acres.

4. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?
(a) Every 2 weeks.
(b) Every 3 weeks.
(c) Every month.
(d) Every week.

5. What trait does Irving name as her husband Bruce's most prominent one?
(a) His skills in mathematics.
(b) His honesty.
(c) His ability to engage people.
(d) His altruism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?

2. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?

3. How much management experience did Irving have when she was hired by a broadcasting station after college?

4. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?

5. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?

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