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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 2: What is Racism?.

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 have been sterilized.
(c) Prove their sobriety by passing a drug test.
(d) Prove that they are looking for employment.

2. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?
(a) 3 in 10.
(b) 1 in 5.
(c) 1 in 3.
(d) 1 in 10.

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

4. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
(a) A high-interest loan.
(b) A home loan.
(c) A reverse mortgage.
(d) A title loan.

5. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Oluo states that there are how many official definitions of racism?

3. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?

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

(see the answer key)

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