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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. The term “woke” carries what meaning in the context of antiracist work?
(a) Being aware of racism and endorsing it.
(b) Being other than asleep in a bed.
(c) Being aware of racism and opposed to it.
(d) Being ignorant of racism and doing nothing with it.

2. The term “hierarchical” carries what meaning?
(a) Arranged in no order.
(b) Arranged in order of importance.
(c) Arranged in order of height.
(d) Arranged in order of proximity.

3. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of emotional labor tokenism?
(a) Requiring a present BIPOC to answer questions about racism without compensation.
(b) Requiring a present white-privileged person to answer questions about racism with compensation .
(c) Requiring a present BIPOC to answer questions about racism with compensation.
(d) Requiring a present white-privileged person to answer questions about racism without compensation.

4. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of brand tokenism?
(a) Showing no BIPOC in an office or event.
(b) Showing only BIPOC in an office or event.
(c) Showing a majority of BIPOC in an office or event.
(d) Showing one or only a few BIPOC in an office or event.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is described as having what background?

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

3. How old does a Black boy have to be to begin to be perceived as an adult, according to Goff, et al. (142)?

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

5. Which of the following does Saad exclude from reasons that white-privileged people do not get to determine whether they are performing allyship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Asam Ahmad in discussing being called in / called out (219-20)?

2. What problem/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?

3. Why, per Saad, is positive stereotyping harmful?

4. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes that going into the ninth day of the work outlined in the book “was the first day of the challenge that [she]…broke down and cried” (121)?

5. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Toni Morrison at length (183-85)?

6. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?

7. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between racist stereotypes and the perpetuation of white supremacy on the fifth day of Week 2?

8. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?

9. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that those doing the work should not voice their discomfort to BIPOC if they are not BIPOC. What reason does she give for her statement?

10. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that biracial, multiracial, and white-passing persons of color are likely to experience particular discomfort in addressing the work of the week. What reason does she give for her statement?

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