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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Irving, Emily's second-grade performance was based on which war?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Korean War.

3. In Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture, Irving shares a practice she learned about while visiting which island?
(a) Kauai.
(b) Cypress.
(c) St. John.
(d) Orcas.

4. What trait does Irving name as her husband Bruce's most prominent one?
(a) His ability to engage people.
(b) His altruism.
(c) His honesty.
(d) His skills in mathematics.

5. In Chapter 29: Intent and Impact, Irving compares a swimming pool to which other body of water?
(a) A pond.
(b) A river.
(c) A lake.
(d) An ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Irving cites the vast difference in how people of color and white people relate to which institution in America?

2. Irving remarks that when she was Jared's age, she had already decided that she would be taking which action someday?

3. In Chapter 26: Surviving and Thriving, Irving describes Jane Elliott's experiments based around which element as a marker of status?

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

5. The preschool Irving chose for her children required parents to volunteer for one day how often?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 25: Belonging?

2. For how many years had Irving been associated with the preschool when she took a proactive step to address inequity? Why is this fact significant?

3. How does Irving describe the experience of letting go of her self-image in Chapter 32: Getting Over Myself?

4. What is the symbolism of the calabash fruit, as discussed in Chapter 33: Perception and Fear?

5. What does Irving mean in Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture when she writes, "I never felt white; I just felt like Debby" (212)?

6. What alternative to the superior/inferior paradigm does Irving suggest in Chapter 35: If Only You'd Be More Like Me?

7. In what way does Irving indicate in Chapter 28: I Am the Elephant that growth can be painful?

8. What requirements were in place at the preschool where Irving enrolled her eldest daughter and how did the requirements shape the school's population?

9. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Irving wants to provide the reader of Waking Up White with practical advice.

10. How does Irving go about outlining the privilege inherent in her own life?

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