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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant - Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Irving take a life-changing course about race at Wheelock?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2015.

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

3. Irving asserts that American culture and government have always embraced the idea of America as what object?
(a) A city on a hill.
(b) A mosaic.
(c) A black hole.
(d) A melting pot.

4. In Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome, Irving discusses her first project with which type of company?
(a) A tech company.
(b) A rideshare company.
(c) A dance company.
(d) A paper company.

5. In which level of Irving's education did she learn about "white ethnics" (61)?
(a) Undergraduate.
(b) Graduate.
(c) High school.
(d) Junior high.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving describes noticing that most children of color at her workplace used which method of getting to school?

2. 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)?

3. Irving writes in Chapter 7: The GI Bill, "The GI Bill is one of the best examples of affirmative action for" (48) whom?

4. Between 1820 and 1920, how many million people with light skin immigrated from non-Anglo countries to the United States?

5. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?

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