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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 from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Change.
(c) Anger.
(d) Emotions.

2. 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?
(a) She said it was a secret.
(b) She said that only time would tell.
(c) She said she did not know.
(d) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.

3. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?
(a) Seattle Weekly.
(b) The Seattle Times.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

4. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?
(a) Suspension.
(b) Detention.
(c) Graduation.
(d) Expulsion.

5. 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 workplaces.
(c) Our governments.
(d) Our space program.

Short Answer Questions

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 In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

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

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

4. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?

5. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?

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