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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. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?
(a) The school-to-prison pipeline.
(b) White supremacy.
(c) Patriarchy.
(d) The silence surrounding race.

2. Which hip-hop artist's booking of a concert near Oluo's place of residence made her angry?
(a) Lil Wayne.
(b) DJ Jazzy Jeff.
(c) R Kelly.
(d) Jay-Z.

3. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?
(a) 34.
(b) 41.
(c) 14.
(d) 22.

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

5. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?
(a) Seeing.
(b) Believing.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Hearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?

2. On what platform did Oluo find the social media group that she eventually joined in the Seattle area?

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

4. What location does Oluo name as "a very lonely place" for her for a "very long time" (49)?

5. 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?

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