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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. How many years into her "waking-up process" (199) did Irving have the experience of seeing her appearance differently?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. In which state did Irving attend an event advertised as being "by and for people of color" (141)?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Utah.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) California.

3. Irving advocates for which narrative to become one among many telling the story of America's history?
(a) Dominant.
(b) Marginalized.
(c) Quantitative.
(d) Qualitative.

4. What does the letter P stand for in the acronym WASP?
(a) Privileged.
(b) Passive.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Patriotic.

5. Chapter 5: Within the Walls asks readers to reconsider the definition of which term?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Exclusive.
(c) Rich.
(d) Privilege.

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. 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?

3. At the time of Irving's writing of Waking Up White, she had lived in a particular city for how many years?

4. What kind of parade does Irving use as an example of exclusivity in schools?

5. Irving states that race has been a problem in America for how many years?

(see the answer key)

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