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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?
(a) Use of anti-Blackness.
(b) Use of tone policing.
(c) Use of white fragility.
(d) Use of white centering.

2. What definition of “apathy” is used in the book?
(a) Prevalence of feeling, emotion, interest, and / or concern.
(b) Lack of feeling, emotion, interest, and / or concern.
(c) Having too many directions to follow.
(d) Lack of a direction to be followed.

3. Saad writes “Like a fish cannot see the water it is swimming in and like we human beings cannot see the air we breathe” (189). The phrase offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

4. In the book, the phrase “playing the race card” carries what meaning?
(a) A pejorative ascribing difficulties BIPOC encounter to equality.
(b) A pejorative ascribing difficulties BIPOC encounter to racism.
(c) An accurate description of difficulties BIPOC encounter coming from racism.
(d) An accurate description of difficulties BIPOC encounter coming from equality.

5. The term “white gaze” carries what meaning?
(a) Framing as if from the perspective of white-privileged people.
(b) Framing as if from the perspective of oversaturation.
(c) Framing as if from the perspective of BIPOC.
(d) Framing as if from the perspective of no people.

6. Saad reports which of the following as emphasized by white supremacist stereotypes?
(a) BIPOC are different and therefore to be welcomed.
(b) BIPOC are the same as white people.
(c) BIPOC are different and therefore no threat.
(d) BIPOC are different and therefore a threat.

7. The term "simultaneously" carries what meaning?
(a) In a false time.
(b) At no time.
(c) At the same time.
(d) At different times.

8. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of relational tokenism?
(a) Claiming that having married a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is racist .
(b) Claiming that having married a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is not racist.
(c) Claiming that having hired a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is not racist .
(d) Claiming that having hired a BIPOC means a white-privileged person is racist .

9. Saad cites Brené Brown as asserting which of the following as a reaction to being called out or called in (221)?
(a) The grand grip of disdain.
(b) The warm wash of shame.
(c) The biting blow of rebuke.
(d) The cool compress of certainty.

10. In what year were the Central Park Five alleged to have committed crimes?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1988.

11. Saad uses which of the following definitions for being called in?
(a) Publicly naming instances of racist behavior.
(b) Always naming instances of racist behavior.
(c) Not naming instances of racist behavior.
(d) Privately naming instances of racist behavior.

12. Which of the following holidays does Saad note as coming from a white-centered perspective?
(a) The Fourth of July in the US.
(b) The Fifth of November in the UK.
(c) Canada Day in Canada.
(d) Australia Day in Australia.

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

14. The term “microaggression” carries what meaning?
(a) An act that does not rise to the level of physical violence that still causes harm.
(b) An act that does not rise to the level of physical violence does not cause harm.
(c) An act that rises to the level of physical violence and fails to cause harm.
(d) An act that rises to the level of physical violence and causes harm.

15. Saad defines racism as which of the following?
(a) Prejudice absent systemic power.
(b) Egalitarianism coupled with systemic power.
(c) Prejudice coupled with systemic power.
(d) Egalitarianism absent systemic power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad uses which of the following definitions for being called out?

2. The term “white saviorism” carries what meaning?

3. The term “optical allyship” carries what meaning?

4. Referring to a person by color is an example of which of the following?

5. The term “white-passing” carries what meaning?

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