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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. What element does Oluo name as the only tool people of color often have when they are faced with police brutality?
(a) Visible marks indicating abuse.
(b) Their own account of events.
(c) The court system.
(d) Witnesses.

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

3. How does Oluo describe the identities of the men who approached Oluo's picnicking group in the Seattle park?
(a) Latinx.
(b) White.
(c) Trans.
(d) Black.

4. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?
(a) Indigenous people.
(b) Asian people.
(c) Nomadic people.
(d) Black people.

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

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 In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?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. On what platform did Oluo find the social media group that she eventually joined in the Seattle area?

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

4. In what month of 2015 was Oluo pulled over by the police for speeding?

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

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