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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. Which element does Oluo name as being the most important one shared among her childhood friends?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Economic.
(c) Racial.
(d) Geographical.

2. What color lipstick did a classmate of Oluo's once tell her never to wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) Orange.
(d) Pink.

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

4. Oluo asserts that over time, microaggressions do what sort of damage to a victim?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Permanent.
(c) Physical.
(d) Psychic.

5. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?
(a) Seattle Weekly.
(b) The Stranger.
(c) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
(d) The Seattle Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. A study by the CPE found that "blacks were almost" how many "times more likely to be subject to force from police" (73) than were their white counterparts?

2. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?

3. When Oluo names her many advantages, she points out that her grade school education had been what?

4. In which year of high school did Oluo attend a conference for promising students of color?

5. What is the subject of the mural on the wall of the restaurant featured in Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation?

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