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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: What if I Talk About Race Wrong? - Chapter 6: Is Police Brutality Really About Race?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?
(a) A classroom.
(b) A park.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A coffee shop.

2. Oluo states that she makes her living by talking about what topic?
(a) Gender.
(b) Class.
(c) Race.
(d) Gay rights.

3. Which sporting event does Oluo use as a metaphor for the racism she and her brother encountered in their youth?
(a) Javelin.
(b) Triathlon.
(c) Hurdles.
(d) Shot-put.

4. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) Seattle Weekly.
(c) The Seattle Times.
(d) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

5. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?

2. When Oluo names her many advantages, she points out that her grade school education had been what?

3. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?

4. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?

5. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?

(see the answer key)

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