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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: But What if I Hate Al Sharpton? - Chapter 17: Talking is Great but What Else Can I Do?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her date.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

2. Which party involved in the exchange of microaggressions often does not recognize her own role?
(a) The law.
(b) The victim.
(c) The witness.
(d) The perpetrator.

3. How many months of the school year did Sagan attend before he was expelled?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. Oluo asserts that racism was used to justify the genocide of which people?
(a) Nomadic people.
(b) People of color.
(c) Jewish people.
(d) Indigenous people.

5. What is NOT a way in which Oluo describes a meeting attendee's use of a racial slur in Chapter 17: Talking is Great, but What Else Can I Do?
(a) Repeatedly.
(b) Quietly.
(c) Loudly.
(d) Without warning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A study by the CPE found that "blacks were almost" how many "times more likely to be subject to force from police" (73) than were their white counterparts?

3. 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?

4. Oluo states that what length of time will likely pass before a white person is able to say the 'n word' without hurting black people by doing so?

5. Oluo insists at the end of Chapter 3: What If I Talk About Race Wrong? that it is crucial that in the fight for social justice, we disregard our what?

(see the answer key)

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