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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saad uses the term “unpacking” frequently in the book. Which of the following meanings does it carry in the book?
(a) Bringing out small parts for examination.
(b) Moving in and settling down.
(c) Emptying out for relief.
(d) Taking things out of a bag or case.

2. Which of the following does Saad include among the purposes of the work outlined in the book?
(a) Getting stuck.
(b) Seeing truth.
(c) Being celebrated.
(d) Feeling shame.

3. In the book, the term “benign” carries what meaning?
(a) Unharmful and innocent .
(b) None of these.
(c) Good and helpful.
(d) Pleasant and agreeable.

4. The term “postracial” has what meaning?
(a) Races no longer exist.
(b) Skin color and physical features no longer matter.
(c) Following a contest of speed.
(d) Biased against posts.

5. In the initial “doll tests,” how old were the children tested?
(a) 6 to 10 years old.
(b) 4 to 8 years old.
(c) 3 to 7 years old.
(d) 5 to 9 years old.

6. Which of the following does Saad list as an example of white superiority behavior?
(a) Primarily reading female authors.
(b) Primarily reading no authors.
(c) Primarily reading BIPOC authors.
(d) Primarily reading white authors.

7. The term “African diaspora” has what meaning?
(a) Two breaths in Africa.
(b) Migration within the African continent.
(c) Sub-Saharan fungi.
(d) Black people around the world.

8. The phrase “real, raw, ugly truths” (36) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Alliteration.

9. References to “the extreme right” and “right-wing ideology” (97) offer examples of which of the following?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

10. Saad quotes McIntosh as describing white privilege “like an invisible knapsack” (53). The description is an example of which literary device?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

11. In the book, the term “white superiority” carries what meaning?
(a) People with white or white-passing skin are not better than anyone else.
(b) People with white or white-passing skin are better and deserve to dominate.
(c) People with white or white-passing skin are better and should be silent.
(d) People with white or white-passing skin are better and must serve.

12. What meaning does the term “white fragility” carry?
(a) Intolerance of discussions of race by white people.
(b) Enthusiasm for discussions of race by white people.
(c) Breakability of bones in white people.
(d) Tolerance of discussions of race by white people.

13. The acronym BIPOC means which of the following in the book?
(a) Birds, Insects, and Plants of Commendation.
(b) Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
(c) Broken, Injured, and People of Contempt.
(d) Battered, Indigent, and People of Concern.

14. The phrase “people with white privilege” (70) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anaphora.

15. The term “white supremacy” carries what meaning?
(a) The belief that white-privileged people are inferior to but should dominate other races.
(b) The belief that white-privileged people are inferior to and should not dominate other races.
(c) The belief that white-privileged people are superior to and should not dominate other races.
(d) The belief that white-privileged people are superior to and should dominate other races.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which U.S. Open was Serena Williams penalized for “‘verbal abuse’ after she called the umpire a ‘thief’” (71), despite other players having said far worse to far less penalty?

2. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?

3. The term “sequentially” carries what meaning?

4. Which of the following is a likely manifestation of white fragility?

5. The word “crux” carries what meaning?

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