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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Intelligence.
(b) Authenticity.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Utility.

2. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?
(a) Latinx cultures.
(b) East Indian cultures.
(c) Indigenous cultures.
(d) Asian cultures.

3. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

4. What is NOT an element Oluo detected within people's questions about how the book was faring just after its publication?
(a) Whether audiences were filling book tour events.
(b) How many copies of the book had been sold.
(c) Whether the book had made bestseller lists.
(d) How many millions of dollars the book had produced.

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

6. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?
(a) Its twists and turns.
(b) Its tears.
(c) Its laughter.
(d) Its outcome.

7. Oluo insists at the end of Chapter 3: What If I Talk About Race Wrong? that it is crucial that in the fight for social justice, we disregard our what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Ennui.

8. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her date.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

9. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?
(a) White.
(b) Rich.
(c) Educated.
(d) Male.

10. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Audience numbers at book events.
(b) Weeks on a bestseller list.
(c) Utility.
(d) Sales.

11. 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 successful.
(b) She thinks it was partially successful.
(c) She thinks it was unsuccessful.
(d) She does not know.

12. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Theater.
(d) Broadcasting.

13. Oluo provides a statistic stating that black drivers are what percentage more likely to get stopped by the police than white drivers?
(a) 18.
(b) 36.
(c) 46.
(d) 23.

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

15. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?
(a) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.
(b) She said it was a secret.
(c) She said that only time would tell.
(d) She said she did not know.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?

3. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?

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

5. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?

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