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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. In Part IV, what does Rankine write that a "force within the whiteness" does?
(a) Silences Blacks.
(b) Forces the whiteness.
(c) Brings privilege to bear.
(d) Wins the fights.

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

3. What does Rankine's white friend do to try to explain her actions at the play to Rankine after the fact?
(a) She writes Rankine a letter.
(b) She publishes an op-ed in a major newspaper about her reasoning.
(c) She has a long talk with Rankine.
(d) She sends one of their other friends to explain things to Rankine.

4. What kinds of patterns did some psychologists study in preschool teachers to research racial bias?
(a) Voice recognition patterns.
(b) Smelling patterns.
(c) Finger patterns.
(d) Eye gaze patterns.

5. What is a common critical response to the Black Lives Matter slogan?
(a) All Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others.
(b) Some Lives Matter.
(c) All Lives Matter.
(d) No Lives Matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sign the man in the photograph on page 140 of this book say?

2. Which Latino poet does Rankine discuss briefly with her friend in Part IV?

3. What percentage of public school teachers are white, according to the National Center for Education Statistics' data for 2015-16?

4. What does Rankine write that she would have preferred from the woman who tried to change the subject from racism at the dinner party instead of "false civility"?

5. What does one white man tell Rankine he believes is his greatest privilege in his life in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Rankine say the term "people of color" first came from?

2. What does Rankine mean when she asks the question, "Whose boys get to be boys?" (264).

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

4. In Part IV, what kinds of conversations does Rankine include excerpts from?

5. What cliched phrase that is often used to excuse terrible behavior on the part of boys and men did Rankine recall hearing after the Kavanaugh hearings in Part IV?

6. What kinds of experiments does Rankine recall when discussing the young age at which most children begin exhibiting racial preferences?

7. Why does Rankine stop herself abruptly when comparing herself and a white friend in Part III?

8. What did the actress Eartha Kitt do in 1968 that led to her being blacklisted?

9. Why do you think Rankine includes the photo of the white man holding a sign saying "I am not ashamed/afraid to be white" on page 140?

10. What did former President Lyndon Johnson tell journalist Bill Moyers about white and Black relations?

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