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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. The best friend of a particular member of Oluo's family owned what type of African restaurant?
(a) Senegalese.
(b) Ghanaian.
(c) West African.
(d) Ethiopian.

2. In the anecdote presented at the start of Chapter 13: Why Are Our Students So Angry?, her son expressed which religious affiliation?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Agnosticism.

3. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Tacoma.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Spokane.

4. Which music festival does Oluo mention specifically in her illustration of cultural appropriation?
(a) Monolith.
(b) Austin City Limits.
(c) Lollapalooza.
(d) Coachella.

5. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?
(a) Her gender.
(b) Her yoga practice.
(c) Her maternal instinct.
(d) Her whiteness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?

2. What toy resembling a weapon was Tamir Rice holding in his hand when he was fatally shot by a policeman?

3. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?

4. A study by the CPE found that "blacks were almost" how many "times more likely to be subject to force from police" (73) than were their white counterparts?

5. How old was Tamir Rice when he was shot to death by a policeman?

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