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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Oluo got pulled over for speeding in 2015, she was given a ticket for driving how many miles per hour over the speed limit?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. Which hip-hop artist's booking of a concert near Oluo's place of residence made her angry?
(a) DJ Jazzy Jeff.
(b) Jay-Z.
(c) Lil Wayne.
(d) R Kelly.

3. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?
(a) The silence surrounding race.
(b) The school-to-prison pipeline.
(c) White supremacy.
(d) Patriarchy.

4. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?
(a) Graduation.
(b) Detention.
(c) Suspension.
(d) Expulsion.

5. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?
(a) Asian people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Indigenous people.
(d) Nomadic people.

6. Ijeoma Oluo states in the preface of So You Want to Talk About Racism that she is writing the preface how many years after the first edition of the book was published?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

7. Which sporting event does Oluo use as a metaphor for the racism she and her brother encountered in their youth?
(a) Triathlon.
(b) Javelin.
(c) Hurdles.
(d) Shot-put.

8. The final paragraph of the Introduction is written from which narrative perspective?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

9. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?
(a) Middle school.
(b) College.
(c) High school.
(d) Junior high.

10. How old was Oluo when she joined a social media group for Seattleite people of color?
(a) In her late 40s.
(b) In her early 30s.
(c) In her early 20s.
(d) In her late 20s.

11. Oluo asserts that racism was used to justify the genocide of which people?
(a) Jewish people.
(b) People of color.
(c) Indigenous people.
(d) Nomadic people.

12. On what platform did Oluo find the social media group that she eventually joined in the Seattle area?
(a) Instagram.
(b) SnapChat.
(c) Facebook.
(d) MySpace.

13. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?
(a) Tacoma.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Spokane.

14. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) She thinks it was partially successful.
(b) She thinks it was successful.
(c) She thinks it was unsuccessful.
(d) She does not know.

15. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Authenticity.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Utility.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

2. "The beliefs that sit in the back of your brain and inform your actions without your implicit knowledge is called what?

3. In the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?

4. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?

5. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?

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