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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Why Can't I Touch Your Hair? - Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2: What is Racism?, Oluo discusses a coworker who posted a meme suggesting that recipients of welfare be forced to take what action before receiving benefits?
(a) Prove that they have been sterilized.
(b) Prove that they are looking for employment.
(c) Prove that they are United States citizens.
(d) Prove their sobriety by passing a drug test.

4. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

5. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
(a) A high-interest loan.
(b) A title loan.
(c) A home loan.
(d) A reverse mortgage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?

3. When Oluo was young, her mother made ends meet by taking on a family of how many people as roommates?

4. With what emotion did Oluo's coworkers watch the situation after the division director asked Oluo a question at the meeting?

5. 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?

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