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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of Oluo's brothers did she have with her in the car when she got pulled over for speeding in 2015?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. 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) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?
(a) Tentative.
(b) Awed.
(c) Honored.
(d) Surprised.

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

6. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?
(a) Instagram.
(b) YouTube.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Facebook.

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

8. How does Oluo describe her mother's identity?
(a) White.
(b) Trans.
(c) Queer.
(d) Latinx.

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

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

11. 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) Sunny.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Windy.

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

13. 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?
(a) Violence.
(b) Sex.
(c) Gender.
(d) Class.

14. 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 it was a secret.
(b) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.
(c) She said she did not know.
(d) She said that only time would tell.

15. Oluo states that if she had a male child, he would have what projected chance of ending up in jail, according to recent estimates?
(a) 1 in 3.
(b) 1 in 10.
(c) 3 in 10.
(d) 1 in 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?

2. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?

3. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?

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?

5. What is NOT a term Oluo uses to describe her mother?

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