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

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

3. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?
(a) Indigenous cultures.
(b) Latinx cultures.
(c) Asian cultures.
(d) East Indian cultures.

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

5. Oluo asserts that "our class system is" (21) all but which of the following?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Mercurial.
(c) Violent.
(d) Oppressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a term Oluo uses to describe her mother?

2. The acronym CPE stands for the Center for what type of Equity?

3. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?

4. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?

5. According to Oluo in Chapter 1: Is it Really About Racism?, the system of racism has been intertwined with what system since the beginning of the United States of America?

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