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

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

3. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Grueling.
(b) Heart-wrenching.
(c) Painful.
(d) Eye-opening.

4. 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?
(a) Audience numbers at book events.
(b) Weeks on a bestseller list.
(c) Utility.
(d) Sales.

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

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. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?

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

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