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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 is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Utility.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Authenticity.

2. "The beliefs that sit in the back of your brain and inform your actions without your implicit knowledge is called what?
(a) Implicit tendency.
(b) Implicit ideology.
(c) Implicit deficit.
(d) Implicit bias.

3. 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) Suspension.
(d) Expulsion.

4. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?
(a) Educated.
(b) White.
(c) Rich.
(d) Male.

5. What element does Oluo name as the only tool people of color often have when they are faced with police brutality?
(a) Visible marks indicating abuse.
(b) Their own account of events.
(c) The court system.
(d) Witnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oluo got pulled over for speeding in 2015, she was given a ticket for driving how many miles per hour over the speed limit?

2. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?

3. How does Oluo describe her mother's identity?

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

5. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?

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