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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: What if I Talk About Race Wrong? - Chapter 6: Is Police Brutality Really About Race?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oluo states that there are how many official definitions of racism?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?
(a) Power.
(b) Time.
(c) Anger.
(d) Communication.

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) Painful.
(b) Grueling.
(c) Eye-opening.
(d) Heart-wrenching.

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

5. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A library.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A cafeteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sporting event does Oluo use as a metaphor for the racism she and her brother encountered in their youth?

2. In the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?

3. When Oluo names her many advantages, she points out that her grade school education had been what?

4. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?

5. Oluo states that she makes her living by talking about what topic?

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