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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. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?
(a) Boston.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Philadelphia.

2. In Chapter 7: The GI Bill, Irving uses the bill to underscore "the meaning of" (45) what?
(a) Passive racism.
(b) Microaggression.
(c) Blockbusting.
(d) Unearned privilege.

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

4. Irving remembers a family member telling her that Indians "were lovely people who became" what "when they drank liquor" (15)?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Amorous.

5. In Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock, Irving describes moving to the city of Cambridge in which state after college?
(a) California.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, Irving states that "Understanding" what, "regardless of class, is key to understanding racism" (26)?

2. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?

3. In which U.S. state did an ancestor of Irving's establish New Salem Academy by applying for a land grant?

4. What sort of profession did Kenneth Cushner hold when he thought about culture as an iceberg?

5. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

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