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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir, which Rankine references in Part III?
(a) Finding My Voice.
(b) Unwinding.
(c) Homegoing.
(d) Becoming.

2. What does Rankine think about her friend's response to the incident at the play in Part III?
(a) She wants to ask her other colleagues what they think about the whole situation.
(b) She is thankful for the response but she stops speaking to her white friend.
(c) She is even more upset by it.
(d) She is encouraged that they are engaging in conversation about what happened.

3. Why does one white man tell Rankine he is comfortable around Black people?
(a) He works with many Black people.
(b) He has a Black friend.
(c) He plays basketball.
(d) He has a Black brother-in-law.

4. What book of Wendy Travino's does Rankine's friend ask if she has read in Part IV?
(a) Si Se Puede: A Biography.
(b) The New Latinos.
(c) Brazilian Is Not a Race.
(d) Finding Their Power: Latin Americans in the Modern Age.

5. What is the title of Wendy Roth's book that Rankine cites in Part IV?
(a) Texas Today: Latinos Find Their Political Voice.
(b) The New Latinos in America.
(c) The Great Second Migration: Latinos and the Integration Politics.
(d) Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race.

6. What does one dinner party guest try to turn people's attention to to change the subject from racism that Rankine brings up?
(a) The rainbow outside.
(b) Rankine's beautiful clothes.
(c) The dog.
(d) The dessert tray.

7. When was the word "privilege" first used, according to Rankine?
(a) The 1800s.
(b) The twelfth century.
(c) The 1600s.
(d) The eighth century.

8. Which comedian does Rankine call out in Part IV for revealing parts of his racial identity but not revealing other parts of his racial identity?
(a) Dave Chapelle.
(b) Louis C.K.
(c) John Mulaney.
(d) Chris Rock.

9. In what year did the Smithsonian Institution put on its first major show focused on the work of Latinos?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2020.
(d) 2013.

10. Which actress does Rankine mention as being blacklisted in the 1960s?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Halle Berry.
(c) Sandra Bullock.
(d) Eartha Kitt.

11. Who wrote the play Rankine goes to see in Part III with a white friend?
(a) Jackie Sibblies Drury.
(b) Leslie Hinds.
(c) Stephen Retrow.
(d) Neil Simon.

12. What claim of psychologist Kristina Olson's does Rankine cite on children and racial preferences?
(a) By about 10 years of age, American children show racial preferences.
(b) By about 3 months old, American, Canadia, and Australian children show some signs of racial preferences.
(c) By 3 or 4 years of age, white children in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe show preferences for other white children.
(d) By about 15 years of age, American children show no real racial preferences.

13. What ubiquitous coffee shop chain experienced a scandal for the racial bias an employee exhibited towards customers there in 2018?
(a) Caribou.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) Xando.
(d) Starbucks.

14. What does Rankine insist at a dinner party in Part III was a major cause of Donald Trump's presidential election in 2016?
(a) The Democrats' incompetence.
(b) Racism.
(c) Russian interference.
(d) A very good communications team.

15. Which kinds of experiments does Rankine cite from Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark on racism?
(a) The "marshmallow" tests.
(b) The "Lucifer" experiments.
(c) The "doll tests" with children choosing dolls of different skin colors.
(d) The "Singer" tests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Laura Ingraham address her "Shut up and dribble" comment to, as cited by Rankine in Part IV?

2. What does Rankine believe is foundational to all our problems in America?

3. What does the white female judge say in Part IV about her son that shocks Rankine?

4. What phrase do people who want to excuse men's inappropriate or even abusive behavior towards women often say, according to Rankine?

5. What word did a preschool teacher for a friend of Rankine's four-year old son use for the child when he had a temper tantrum at school?

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