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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37: Boxes and Ladders - Chapter 46: Whole Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Irving now feel toward the group who approached her to explain intent and effect?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Anger.
(d) Indebtedness.

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

3. Who wrote the maxim, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" (114)?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Edmund Spenser.
(c) Anne Bradstreet.
(d) Noel Coward.

4. What was the first name of Dr. McIntosh, who wrote a famous essay about white privilege?
(a) Anne.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Mary.

5. What pronoun is used in the title of the first document included after the conclusion of the main text?
(a) I.
(b) You.
(c) Us.
(d) Them.

Short Answer 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?

2. In Chapter 46: Whole Again, Irving refers back to her mother's story about which people?

3. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?

4. Irving recalls that on his deathbed, which of her family members wished that he had helped a greater number of people?

5. Irving discusses the acronym WASP in Chapter 3: Race Versus Class, stating that the W stands for which word?

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