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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 her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?
(a) Her maternal instinct.
(b) Her yoga practice.
(c) Her gender.
(d) Her whiteness.

2. What is NOT an element Oluo detected within people's questions about how the book was faring just after its publication?
(a) How many copies of the book had been sold.
(b) Whether the book had made bestseller lists.
(c) Whether audiences were filling book tour events.
(d) How many millions of dollars the book had produced.

3. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?
(a) Pepper spray.
(b) A truncheon.
(c) A gun.
(d) A tazer.

4. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
(a) Theater.
(b) Broadcasting.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Journalism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?

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

4. A study by the CPE found that "blacks were almost" how many "times more likely to be subject to force from police" (73) than were their white counterparts?

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

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