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

2. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Theater.
(d) Broadcasting.

3. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) She thinks it was unsuccessful.
(b) She thinks it was partially successful.
(c) She thinks it was successful.
(d) She does not know.

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 reverse mortgage.
(c) A home loan.
(d) A title loan.

5. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?
(a) Encouraging job training.
(b) Raising the minimum wage.
(c) Cutting rates of food insecurity.
(d) Strengthening unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?

3. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

4. According to Oluo in Chapter 1: Is it Really About Racism?, the system of racism has been intertwined with what system since the beginning of the United States of America?

5. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?

(see the answer key)

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