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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? - Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Twitter.
(c) Instagram.
(d) YouTube.

3. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?
(a) Our homes.
(b) Our governments.
(c) Our space program.
(d) Our workplaces.

4. What adjective did Steve Loomis, the police department's union president, use to describe his impression of Tamir Rice's appearance?
(a) Submissive.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Unpredictable.
(d) Menacing.

5. In what city was Tamir Rice shot by a policeman while holding a particular toy in the park?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Daytona.
(d) Sacramento.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo opens Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? by discussing what it was like to live in a poor household at what age?

2. When Oluo was young, her mother made ends meet by taking on a family of how many people as roommates?

3. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?

4. How many items does Oluo include within her bulleted list of some main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?

5. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?

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