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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oluo states that she makes her living by talking about what topic?
(a) Race.
(b) Class.
(c) Gay rights.
(d) Gender.

2. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Believing.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Understanding.

3. 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) Jealousy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Fear.
(d) Ennui.

4. 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.

5. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

8. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?
(a) Seattle Weekly.
(b) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
(c) The Seattle Times.
(d) The Stranger.

9. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?
(a) 34.
(b) 22.
(c) 41.
(d) 14.

10. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
(a) A home loan.
(b) A title loan.
(c) A reverse mortgage.
(d) A high-interest loan.

11. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

14. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A cafeteria.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which hip-hop artist's booking of a concert near Oluo's place of residence made her angry?

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

3. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?

4. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?

5. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?

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