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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 found out much later in life that many of her childhood friends had been either Asian Americans or what?
(a) Pacific Islanders.
(b) Trans.
(c) White.
(d) Latinx.

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

3. Oluo recalls that when she had a childhood friend over to stay the night, they would often scrounge up how many dollars to buy dinner?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Believing.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Hearing.

5. What habit did Oluo develop as a result of white people telling her that her hair is "poufy" (128)?
(a) She constantly patted her head.
(b) She wore hats.
(c) She pulled her hair out.
(d) She twirled her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Oluo when she joined a social media group for Seattleite people of color?

2. The best friend of a particular member of Oluo's family owned what type of African restaurant?

3. 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?

4. How does Oluo describe the identities of the men who approached Oluo's picnicking group in the Seattle park?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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