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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality study found that Black girls are perceived as which of the following in relation to white girls (143)?
(a) More in need of support.
(b) More protected.
(c) More independent.
(d) More needy.

2. The term “colorism” refers to which of the following?
(a) Discrimination against lighter-skinned persons within racial groups.
(b) Discrimination against particular palettes within racial groups.
(c) Discrimination against darker-haired persons within racial groups.
(d) Discrimination against darker-skinned persons within racial groups.

3. Saad describes white saviorism as which of the following?
(a) Consigning.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Confabulating.
(d) Congratulating.

4. The term “cultural appropriation” carries what meaning?
(a) Adoption or exploitation of a dominant culture by a nondominant one.
(b) Integration or assimilation of a dominant culture into a nondominant one.
(c) Adoption or exploitation of a nondominant culture by a dominant one.
(d) Integration or assimilation of a nondominant culture into a dominant one.

5. 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.

6. How old does a Black boy have to be to begin to be perceived as an adult, according to Goff, et al. (142)?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

7. The term “blackface” carries what meaning?
(a) Black people darkening their own skin to appear to be more fully Black.
(b) Painting a surface black to hide or emphasize it.
(c) White people painting themselves as black to depict Black characters.
(d) People putting on black masks to hide their faces.

8. Saad notes that which of the following is a synonym for “optical allyship?”
(a) All of these.
(b) Anonymous donation.
(c) Antiracist work.
(d) Ally theater.

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

10. The term “misogynoir” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Portmanteau.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Spoonerism.
(d) Malapropism.

11. 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.

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

13. Which of the following does Saad cite in reviewing the third week of the work outlined in the book?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Robin DiAngelo.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Octavia Butler.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad notes which of the following as a reaction to being called out or called in?

2. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?

3. Saad uses which of the following definitions for being called in?

4. In the book, the phrase “playing the race card” carries what meaning?

5. The term “microaggression” carries what meaning?

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