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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. 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 was waiting to hear from her literary agent.
(b) She said that only time would tell.
(c) She said she did not know.
(d) She said it was a secret.

2. In the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?
(a) Appropriation.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Tone policing.
(d) Intersectionality.

3. In what type of setting does Oluo begin the chapter entitled What is Cultural Appropriation?
(a) A library.
(b) A carnival.
(c) An airport.
(d) A bank.

4. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Sales.
(b) Utility.
(c) Weeks on a bestseller list.
(d) Audience numbers at book events.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?

2. The acronym CPE stands for the Center for what type of Equity?

3. How many of Oluo's brothers did she have with her in the car when she got pulled over for speeding in 2015?

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

5. Oluo asserts that racism was used to justify the genocide of which people?

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