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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tips does Saad recommend for doing the work outlined in the book?
(a) Keeping it real.
(b) Keeping on keeping on.
(c) Keeping a pet.
(d) Keeping a journal.

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

3. When were the updated “doll tests” conducted?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 2010s.

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

5. The term “white silence” carries what meaning in the book?
(a) Refusal to talk about racism around white people.
(b) Refusal to talk about racism by white people.
(c) Refusal to talk about racism to white people.
(d) Refusal to talk about racism with white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saad writes about “the sticky web of white supremacy” (105). The phrase offers an example of which of the following?

2. In the initial “doll tests,” how many dolls were used?

3. Which of the following does Saad write is not evidence of not being racist?

4. The term “preemptively” carries what meaning?

5. In the book, the term “benign” carries what meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is tone policing generally used?

2. What are some self-care practices likely to be helpful when carrying out the work outlined in the book?

3. Saad quotes Audre Lorde as saying “Revolution is not a one-time event” (46). In the context of the book, what does the quote mean?

4. Why does Saad note that some persons of color will benefit from doing the work outlined in the book?

5. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad cites the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? How so?

6. How does the desire to seem good hamper being good?

7. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad reproduces the text of an email in discussing white superiority ideology (88)?

8. Saad notes that “On Day 7, we do not take a day off" (105). What is she likely referencing? Why would she reference it?

9. Why would a person work through the book sequentially?

10. What does Saad note is the purpose of the work outlined in the book?

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