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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 became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Spokane.
(c) Tacoma.
(d) Vancouver.

2. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?
(a) Its laughter.
(b) Its tears.
(c) Its outcome.
(d) Its twists and turns.

3. 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?
(a) Sex.
(b) Gender.
(c) Violence.
(d) Class.

4. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?
(a) Her whiteness.
(b) Her maternal instinct.
(c) Her gender.
(d) Her yoga practice.

5. Oluo insists at the end of Chapter 3: What If I Talk About Race Wrong? that it is crucial that in the fight for social justice, we disregard our what?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Ennui.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo asserts that "our class system is" (21) all but which of the following?

2. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?

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

4. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?

5. Which sporting event does Oluo use as a metaphor for the racism she and her brother encountered in their youth?

(see the answer key)

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