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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. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?
(a) Conglomeration.
(b) Community.
(c) Mosaic.
(d) Melting-pot.

2. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?
(a) Asian people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Indigenous people.
(d) Nomadic people.

3. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?
(a) A mummy.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A monster.

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

5. In what state were Oluo and her younger brother born?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

2. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?

3. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?

4. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?

5. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?

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