1. Which of the following does Saad cite as an early indication of her exclusion?
(a) Difficulty hailing a cab.
(b) Difficulty getting tacos.
(c) Difficulty making friends.
(d) Difficulty buying makeup.

2. The term “vilified” refers to which of the following?
(a) Being made to seem as if useful.
(b) Being made to seem as if neutral.
(c) Being made to seem as if evil.
(d) Being made to seem as if good.

3. In what year was Birth of a Nation released?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1914.

4. The term “tokenizing” refers to which of the following?
(a) Taking a totality of instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(b) Taking a single or a few isolated instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(c) Taking no instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.
(d) Taking a majority of instances of a group as representative and inclusive of that group.

5. Saad writes that white supremacy is “a really scary jigsaw puzzle” (170). The comment is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. The repetition of “A person can be.…Not having [X] privilege does not cancel out one’s white privilege. A person can be [X] but still have white privilege” (57) is an example of which of the following?

2. “White privilege” and “unconscious bias” are described in the book as being what for “white supremacy"?

3. In the book, the term "anti-Blackness" carries what meaning?

4. In the book, the term “derogatory” carries what meaning?

5. The term “African diaspora” has what meaning?

(see the answer key)

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