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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? - Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?
(a) Twitter.
(b) Instagram.
(c) Facebook.
(d) YouTube.

3. The implementation of what policy in schools is said to be one of the main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?
(a) Attendance.
(b) Zero-tolerance.
(c) Dress code.
(d) In-school suspension.

4. In what state were Oluo and her younger brother born?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) California.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Texas.

5. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?
(a) Tentative.
(b) Awed.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Honored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?

2. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?

3. The final paragraph of the Introduction is written from which narrative perspective?

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

5. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?

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