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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. In what grade was Sagan when he was expelled from school?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Kindergarten.

2. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A park.
(d) A bookstore.

3. What toy resembling a weapon was Tamir Rice holding in his hand when he was fatally shot by a policeman?
(a) A toy sword.
(b) A toy crossbow.
(c) A toy gun.
(d) A toy grenade.

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

5. Oluo states that there are how many official definitions of racism?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo opens Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? by discussing what it was like to live in a poor household at what age?

2. The best friend of which person owned a particular type of African restaurant when Oluo was young?

3. Oluo states that one in how many Latinx men will go to prison in their lifetime?

4. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?

5. How old was Oluo the first time she was called the 'n word'?

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