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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 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)?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 4.
(d) 18.

2. In Chapter 4: Optimism, Irving finds significance in the fact that she did not live through which historical event?
(a) The Jonestown Flood.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Red Scare.

3. 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) Reconstruction.
(b) The history of slavery.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The civil rights movement.

4. The activity at the end of Chapter 9: White Superiority asks readers to explain how they feel about which term?
(a) Racist.
(b) Systemic.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Beautiful.

5. In Chapter 15: The Whole Story, Irving warns the reader of the dangers associated with what types of stories?
(a) Ancient.
(b) One-sided.
(c) Second-hand.
(d) Fictional.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?

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

3. What term is used to describe the rule in which people of mixed races in America are assigned the identity of the race considered inferior by the dominant white culture?

4. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?

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

(see the answer key)

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