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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. 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) 1 in 5.
(b) 1 in 3.
(c) 3 in 10.
(d) 1 in 10.

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?
(a) Authenticity.
(b) Utility.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Intelligence.

3. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?
(a) Our homes.
(b) Our space program.
(c) Our workplaces.
(d) Our governments.

4. Ijeoma Oluo states in the preface of So You Want to Talk About Racism that she is writing the preface how many years after the first edition of the book was published?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?

2. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?

3. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?

4. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?

5. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?

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