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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 writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?
(a) White people.
(b) Wealthy people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) People of color.
2. Irving describes her childhood neighborhood as being "almost exclusively" (24) what?
(a) Black.
(b) Latinx.
(c) White.
(d) Asian.
3. In Chapter 30: My Good People, Irving tries to rectify her concept of herself as a good person with her certainty that she has also been displaying which other quality?
(a) Cluelessness.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Xenophobia.
4. Irving describes in Chapter 7: The GI BIll the way in which she came to view which object from her childhood in a negative light?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her bicycle.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her church.
5. Much of Irving's learning about racial divides in education came from working in what type of position?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Psychologist.
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. The activity at the end of Chapter 4: Optimism asks the reader to think about "major economic, political, demographic, and pop culture trends" (35) that occurred how many years before their birth, through the age of 20?
3. In what year did Irving take the course focused upon within Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock?
4. Irving points out in Chapter 16: Logos and Stereotypes that humans are the only creatures on earth who use which objects to make sense of their world?
5. What is the topic of the activity presented at the end of Chapter 1: What Wasn't Said?
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