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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. What was the weather like on the day Oluo had a picnic in the park with the group she met on social media?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Windy.

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

3. How many items does Oluo include within her bulleted list of some main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. 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) A hammer.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A tire iron.
(d) An axe.

5. One of the actions Oluo suggests in Chapter 17: Talking is Great, but What Else Can I Do? involves boycotting a number of what kind of businesses?
(a) Banks.
(b) Grocery stores.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which civil rights leader did Oluo not respect during her childhood?

2. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?

3. What is NOT an element Oluo detected within people's questions about how the book was faring just after its publication?

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

5. What color lipstick did a classmate of Oluo's once tell her never to wear?

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