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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?
(a) A tazer.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) A gun.
(d) A truncheon.

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

4. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?
(a) Our workplaces.
(b) Our governments.
(c) Our homes.
(d) Our space program.

5. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Eye-opening.
(b) Heart-wrenching.
(c) Grueling.
(d) Painful.

6. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?
(a) Change.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Anger.
(d) Understanding.

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

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 In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?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

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

10. In what month of 2015 was Oluo pulled over by the police for speeding?
(a) Feburary.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) December.

11. Oluo asserts that "our class system is" (21) all but which of the following?
(a) Violent.
(b) Oppressive.
(c) Harmful.
(d) Mercurial.

12. The acronym CPE stands for the Center for what type of Equity?
(a) Pacifist.
(b) Partisan.
(c) Public.
(d) Policing.

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

14. 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.

15. 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) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Black people have a 3.5-4 times higher probability of having what fate befall them at the hands of police than their white counterparts?

3. How many of Oluo's brothers did she have with her in the car when she got pulled over for speeding in 2015?

4. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?

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

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