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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book, the term “derogatory” carries what meaning?
(a) Uplifting.
(b) Appraising.
(c) Insulting.
(d) Exulting.

2. The term “collective subconscious” refers to which of the following?
(a) Inaccurate and ill-informed understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(b) Foregrounded and stated understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(c) Background, often unstated, understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.
(d) Accurate and correct understandings of the world from which members of a given group work.

3. The term “tokenism” carries what meaning?
(a) Making no efforts towards inclusion.
(b) Making maximum efforts to present the appearance of inclusion.
(c) Making efforts to enact inclusion in fact.
(d) Making minimal efforts to present the appearance of inclusion.

4. The term “adultification” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) The experience of children being perceived and treated as older than they are.
(b) The experience of passing from being a minor to an adult in fact.
(c) The experience of being infused with more mature subject matter.
(d) The experience of adults being perceived and treated as older than they are.

5. 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.

6. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
(a) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through supernatural means.
(b) A Black protagonist who effects action through supernatural means.
(c) A supporting Black character who aids a Black protagonist through supernatural means.
(d) A supporting Black character who aids a white protagonist through natural means.

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

8. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of storytelling tokenism?
(a) Showing no BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.
(b) Showing a majority of BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.
(c) Showing only BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.
(d) Showing one or only a few BIPOC in a book, movie, or series.

9. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?
(a) Use of racial stereotypes.
(b) Use of white apathy.
(c) Use of optical allyship.
(d) Use of white silence.

10. In the book, the term “insidious” carries what meaning?
(a) Honest.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Insightful.
(d) Open.

11. 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) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

12. The term “optical allyship” carries what meaning?
(a) Allyship that serves primarily to give the “ally” a platform.
(b) Allyship that serves primarily to provide glasses and contact lenses.
(c) Allyship that serves primarily to give BIPOC a platform.
(d) Allyship that serves primarily to remove the “ally” from a platform.

13. Which of the following movies does Saad identify as demonstrating white saviorism?
(a) 47 Ronin.
(b) The Great Wall.
(c) Big Trouble in Little China.
(d) Game of Death.

14. The term “allyship” carries what meaning?
(a) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.
(b) A fixed identity of being in solidarity with a marginalized group.
(c) An active process of continually working to be in better solidarity with a dominant group.
(d) An active process of completing work to be in better solidarity with a marginalized group.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Saad writes that BIPOC are often told something like “But unfortunately, I’m just too busy right now. Unfortunately, I’m just too tired right now. Unfortunately, it’s just not a priority for me right now” (175). The passage offers an example of which of the following?

3. The term “nonexhaustive” carries what meaning?

4. The term “cultural appreciation” carries what meaning?

5. The term “misogynoir” offers an example of which of the following?

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