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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 which publication did an article about the shaping of the mind appear, according to Irving?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Time.
(c) New York Times.
(d) Washington Post.

2. Irving describes the limitations of which text in Chapter 14: Zap!?
(a) The Golden Rule.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Farmers' Almanac.
(d) The Bible.

3. Irving states, "I never felt white; I just felt like" (209) what?
(a) A woman.
(b) A human.
(c) Debby.
(d) An entity.

4. Irving states that race has been a problem in America for how many years?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 300.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Irving why her black classmates were "all in the lower reading groups" (150) at school?

2. Irving describes growing up in an affluent suburb of which American city?

3. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?

4. In Chapter 18: Color-Blind, Irving states that she decided early in life that racism was what sort of conversation topic?

5. Which American generation is defined as having been born between the years of 1946 and 1964?

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