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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irving discusses an article that revolves around which element's ability to shape the mind?
(a) Race.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Language.
(d) Political life.

2. The subtitle of Chapter 24: Everyone is Different; Everyone Belongs refers to "the power of" (148) which element?
(a) Inclusion.
(b) Communication.
(c) Investigation.
(d) Forgiveness.

3. How many times did Irving visit the inner-city neighborhood where she hoped to help a certain population with her project?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

4. How old was Irving when she demanded to know why her 19-year-old sister Diane was not being allowed to see the film A Patch of Blue?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 22: Why Do I Always End Up With White People?, Irving states that she was first introduced to the city of Cambridge in which year?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1986.

6. At the time of Irving's writing of Waking Up White, she had lived in a particular city for how many years?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

7. What kind of stores found themselves unable to keep up with demand in the wake of Barack Obama's election to the presidency?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Tobacco.

8. Irving discusses the process of freeing herself from the restraints of what type of etiquette?
(a) Table.
(b) Financial.
(c) Educational.
(d) WASP.

9. What kind of committee did Irving and another preschool parent form 6 years after Irving enrolled her first child there?
(a) Safety.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Professional Development.
(d) Discipline.

10. In Chapter 31: Courageous Conversations, Irving provides a bulleted list of ground rules for use in which arena?
(a) Conversation.
(b) Banking.
(c) Workplace.
(d) Email.

11. In which year did Irving choose a preschool for her eldest daughter?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1983.

12. Which city does Irving use in Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds to stand in for an almost-exclusively white location?
(a) Camby.
(b) Honoree.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Winchester.

13. What type of event did Irving attend that purported to be "by and for people of color" (141)?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A retreat.
(c) A dance.
(d) A conference.

14. What event does Irving use as a means of illustrating the lack of a level playing field in America?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A foot race.
(d) A birthday party.

15. Irving describes the course about race she took at Wheelock as having what effect on her?
(a) Making her cry.
(b) Breaking her open.
(c) Stopping her in her tracks.
(d) Giving her a voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Irving found that which element creates a state of fear, which then puts people into survival mode?

3. In what year did Irving take a life-changing course about race at Wheelock?

4. In which publication did an article about the shaping of the mind appear, according to Irving?

5. Which object was involved in Irving's realizations about her own appearance?

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