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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Why Can't I Touch Your Hair? - Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oluo warns the reader to be careful not to confuse the meanings of the word appropriation and which other word?
(a) Apoplectic.
(b) Appellate.
(c) Appreciation.
(d) Apprehension.

2. Which comedian and actor was known as America's dad due to his role as Cliff Huxtable on television?
(a) Martin Lawrence.
(b) Chris Rock.
(c) Eddie Murphy.
(d) Bill Cosby.

3. What is the subject of the mural on the wall of the restaurant featured in Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation?
(a) Cavemen.
(b) Cannibals.
(c) Jungle plants.
(d) Diversity.

4. Oluo states that "at its core," cultural appropriation is "about ownership of one's" (114) what?
(a) Ancestry.
(b) Identity.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Culture.

5. The students in Oluo's son's class were required to lead the Pledge of Allegiance how many days per month?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade was Sagan when he was expelled from school?

2. Oluo recalls finding out later in life that many of her childhood friends' parents had fled from countries affected by what?

3. In what country is the bindi traditionally used for purposes other than a fashion statement?

4. A classmate of Oluo's once told her that if she wore a certain color of lipstick, she would look like a what?

5. In what year was Tamir Rice fatally shot by a policeman?

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