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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. In Chapter 2: What is Racism?, Oluo discusses a coworker who posted a meme suggesting that recipients of welfare be forced to take what action before receiving benefits?
(a) Prove that they are United States citizens.
(b) Prove that they are looking for employment.
(c) Prove that they have been sterilized.
(d) Prove their sobriety by passing a drug test.

2. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?
(a) Expulsion.
(b) Graduation.
(c) Suspension.
(d) Detention.

3. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?
(a) Rich.
(b) Educated.
(c) Male.
(d) White.

4. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Audience numbers at book events.
(b) Utility.
(c) Sales.
(d) Weeks on a bestseller list.

5. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?
(a) Its outcome.
(b) Its twists and turns.
(c) Its tears.
(d) Its laughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?

3. What element does Oluo name as the only tool people of color often have when they are faced with police brutality?

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

5. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?

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