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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The Melting Pot - Chapter 18: Color Blind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which quality did Irving's father stress above all others throughout his children's childhoods?
(a) Affection.
(b) Dedication.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Honesty.

2. Irving states that skin color symbolism plus favoritism plus power equals which element?
(a) Systemic racism.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Inequity.

3. The sight of which objects put Irving at ease while she was in the care of a black professional in her early 20s?
(a) Comment cards.
(b) Diplomas.
(c) Medals.
(d) Yelp reviews.

4. 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 history of slavery.
(d) The Civil War.

5. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?
(a) People of color.
(b) Poor people.
(c) Wealthy people.
(d) White people.

Short Answer Questions

1. The activity at the end of Chapter 17: My Good People asks the reader to give reasons why they never believed that they could take which action in relation to racism?

2. Irving describes headwinds as working against the efforts of which group?

3. Which word does Irving define as "a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group" (79)?

4. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?

5. In Chapter 13, Irving explains that inattentional blindness also goes by which other term?

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