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

2. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What object does Oluo use in a metaphor depicting the one weapon she says cannot be used "to tear down all the walls" (21) of oppression at once?
(a) An axe.
(b) A tire iron.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A baseball bat.

4. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) She thinks it was partially successful.
(b) She thinks it was successful.
(c) She does not know.
(d) She thinks it was unsuccessful.

5. When Oluo names her many advantages, she points out that her grade school education had been what?
(a) Uninterrupted by war.
(b) Of high quality.
(c) Free.
(d) Safe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo states that which common elements of public education are tailored to white students?

2. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?

3. What superlative does Oluo use to describe the way in which cultural appropriation functions as a topic of discussion?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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