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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: My Good Luck - Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving cites the vast difference in how people of color and white people relate to which institution in America?
(a) Policing.
(b) Taxation.
(c) Education.
(d) Government.

2. What is NOT a way in which Irving describes the idea of whiteness remaining constant over time in Chapter 9: White Superiority?
(a) Fluid.
(b) Superior.
(c) Distinct.
(d) Immutable.

3. For what period of time did "the zap factor" (92) shape Irving's behavior?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Years.

4. Jared told Irving that he was stupid and that he would be going to jail by the time he had reached which age?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 30.

5. Irving uses an analogy in Chapter 8: Racial Categories that uses what physical attribute to stand in for race?
(a) Eye color.
(b) Foot length.
(c) Finger length.
(d) Hair color.

Short Answer Questions

1. The activity at the end of Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving asks the reader to think about a time when they were treated in what manner?

2. Irving advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?

3. Which member of Irving's family is featured most prominently within the events of the memoir's first chapter?

4. In which grade was Irving's student named Jared, whom she discusses in Chapter 27: Living Into Expectations?

5. What was the name of the film from which Irving learned about the GI Bill?

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