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

2. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?
(a) Change.
(b) Anger.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Emotions.

3. 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) Witnesses.
(c) The court system.
(d) Their own account of events.

4. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?
(a) She said she did not know.
(b) She said it was a secret.
(c) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.
(d) She said that only time would tell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?

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

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

4. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?

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

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