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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. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her date.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her sister.

2. Oluo provides a statistic stating that black drivers are what percentage more likely to get stopped by the police than white drivers?
(a) 23.
(b) 18.
(c) 46.
(d) 36.

3. Which member of Oluo's family is named Aham?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

4. What location does Oluo name as "a very lonely place" for her for a "very long time" (49)?
(a) Texas.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Spokane.
(d) Salt Lake City.

5. The final paragraph of the Introduction is written from which narrative perspective?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?

2. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?

3. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?

4. How does Oluo describe her mother's identity?

5. What is NOT an element Oluo detected within people's questions about how the book was faring just after its publication?

(see the answer key)

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