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

2. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?
(a) Power.
(b) Anger.
(c) Time.
(d) Communication.

3. In the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?
(a) Tone policing.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Appropriation.
(d) Intersectionality.

4. What adjective did Steve Loomis, the police department's union president, use to describe his impression of Tamir Rice's appearance?
(a) Menacing.
(b) Unpredictable.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Submissive.

5. In the anecdote presented at the start of Chapter 13: Why Are Our Students So Angry?, her son expressed which religious affiliation?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Atheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accused President George W. Bush of not caring about black people in the aftermath of a particular hurricane's devastation?

2. How many people made fun of Oluo's name during the conference for promising students of color?

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

4. When Oluo's family moved to public housing, their new place was located by which landmark?

5. Oluo opens Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? by discussing what it was like to live in a poor household at what age?

(see the answer key)

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