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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 she makes her living by talking about what topic?
(a) Race.
(b) Class.
(c) Gender.
(d) Gay rights.

2. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Grueling.
(b) Heart-wrenching.
(c) Eye-opening.
(d) Painful.

3. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
(a) A high-interest loan.
(b) A reverse mortgage.
(c) A home loan.
(d) A title loan.

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

5. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?
(a) 3 in 10.
(b) 1 in 5.
(c) 1 in 3.
(d) 1 in 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?

3. 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?

4. What location does Oluo name as "a very lonely place" for her for a "very long time" (49)?

5. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?

(see the answer key)

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