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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

5. When Oluo names her many advantages, she points out that her grade school education had been what?
(a) Of high quality.
(b) Uninterrupted by war.
(c) Safe.
(d) Free.

6. Which member of Oluo's family is named Aham?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

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

8. In the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?
(a) Intersectionality.
(b) Appropriation.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Tone policing.

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

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

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

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

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

15. "The beliefs that sit in the back of your brain and inform your actions without your implicit knowledge is called what?
(a) Implicit bias.
(b) Implicit tendency.
(c) Implicit ideology.
(d) Implicit deficit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?

2. On what platform did Oluo find the social media group that she eventually joined in the Seattle area?

3. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?

4. 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?

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

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