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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. What is the title of the class Rankine teaches on race at her university?
(a) The History of Whiteness in America.
(b) Constructions of Whiteness.
(c) Racism in America.
(d) The Tulsa Massacre and American History.

2. What illness did Rankine suffer and recover from?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Pancreatic cancer.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) A heart attack.

3. What does Rankine say of her own white husband's attitude towards white privilege?
(a) He has only recently begun to talk about white privilege.
(b) He does not like to engage on this topic.
(c) He thinks he understands and recognizes his own privilege, and he certainly understands the right terminology to use.
(d) He teaches a class about white privilege similar to the one Rankine teaches.

4. What event did Rankine recall having heard about occuring on her college campus the year before she attended as a freshman?
(a) A cross burning.
(b) A mass shooting.
(c) A police-involved killing.
(d) A lynching.

5. Who is Rankine's favorite musical group?
(a) Marvin Gaye.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Bruce Springsteen.
(d) The Commodores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rankine bolster the security at her own home?

2. What does Notes on the State of Virginia conclude about the memories of Blacks and whites?

3. What does Rankine say she wants her daughter to be able to "negotiate the world" with?

4. What does Rankine repeatedly say she wants for her daughter?

5. Which Supreme Court Justice does Rankine take issue with for his assertion that he had no connections at Yale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does one white man offer to Rankine as an explanation as to why his son did not get accepted through early decision to Yale University?

2. Why does Rankine think it might be best for just her white husband to attend her daughter's parent-teacher conference?

3. What is one problem Rankine has with the scenario her white friend on a diversity training tells her about regarding a classroom situation?

4. What is the origin of this book's title?

5. What does Rankine worry about regarding the way many people - teachers included - seem to view Black children in general?

6. What historical document from the 1700s does Rankine include extensive sections of in Part II?

7. What is a major reason Rankine decides to go to marriage counseling with her husband?

8. What rude and racist behavior does Rankine routinely encounter at airports?

9. How does Rankine feel contemplating the overwhelmingly white parents and teachers at her daughter's school?

10. What statement of Hillary Clinton's does Rankine recall and quote on page 133, calling it appalling but not un-American?

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