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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. In what month of 2015 was Oluo pulled over by the police for speeding?
(a) Feburary.
(b) December.
(c) July.
(d) September.

2. Which sporting event does Oluo use as a metaphor for the racism she and her brother encountered in their youth?
(a) Shot-put.
(b) Hurdles.
(c) Triathlon.
(d) Javelin.

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

4. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. How many of Oluo's brothers did she have with her in the car when she got pulled over for speeding in 2015?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Oluo's family is named Aham?

2. Black people have a 3.5-4 times higher probability of having what fate befall them at the hands of police than their white counterparts?

3. 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?

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. Oluo states that people of color "want white people to join them in demanding their right to be able to trust the" what "like white people do" (80)?

(see the answer key)

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