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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: But What if I Hate Al Sharpton? - Chapter 17: Talking is Great but What Else Can I Do?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Oluo warns the reader to be careful not to confuse the meanings of the word appropriation and which other word?
(a) Appellate.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) Apoplectic.
(d) Apprehension.

3. What location does Oluo name as "a very lonely place" for her for a "very long time" (49)?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) Spokane.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Texas.

4. Oluo characterizes American society as preferring "its culture cloaked in" (116) what?
(a) Delusion.
(b) Whiteness.
(c) History.
(d) Secrecy.

5. What is NOT a country Oluo names as one from which her childhood friends' parents had come?
(a) South Korea.
(b) India.
(c) Guam.
(d) The Philippines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo claims that in which decade, there was a great deal of unrealistic optimism regarding the future of race relations?

2. The students in Oluo's son's class were required to lead the Pledge of Allegiance how many days per month?

3. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?

4. How many items does Oluo include within the bulleted list of ideas for fighting racism in the book's final chapter?

5. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?

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