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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 metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A monster.
(d) A mummy.

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

3. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?
(a) Encouraging job training.
(b) Raising the minimum wage.
(c) Strengthening unions.
(d) Cutting rates of food insecurity.

4. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?
(a) College.
(b) Junior high.
(c) High school.
(d) Middle school.

5. How old was Oluo when she joined a social media group for Seattleite people of color?
(a) In her early 30s.
(b) In her late 20s.
(c) In her late 40s.
(d) In her early 20s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?

3. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?

4. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

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

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