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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) Detention.
(b) Graduation.
(c) Expulsion.
(d) Suspension.

2. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?
(a) Twitter.
(b) Facebook.
(c) TikTok.
(d) YouTube.

3. How does Oluo describe her mother's identity?
(a) Queer.
(b) Trans.
(c) White.
(d) Latinx.

4. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. In what state were Oluo and her younger brother born?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) New Jersey.

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 In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?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. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?

3. 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?

4. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?

5. 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?

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