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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food did Oluo often buy to ease her childhood hunger?
(a) Chips.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Ramen.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

2. Oluo characterizes American society as preferring "its culture cloaked in" (116) what?
(a) Delusion.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Whiteness.
(d) History.

3. In what city was Ijeoma Oluo working when the division director asked a question about her hair?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Francisco.

4. Oluo states that one in how many Latinx men will go to prison in their lifetime?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

5. How many items does Oluo include within her bulleted list of some main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?
(a) 15.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

6. In what city was Tamir Rice shot by a policeman while holding a particular toy in the park?
(a) Daytona.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Salt Lake City.

7. In which year of high school did Oluo attend a conference for promising students of color?
(a) Senior.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

8. A classmate of Oluo's once told her that if she wore a certain color of lipstick, she would look like a what?
(a) Porcelain doll.
(b) Mannequin.
(c) Clown.
(d) Alien.

9. One of Oluo's son's teachers told him that had to say the Pledge of Allegiance at the assembly celebrating which upcoming holiday?
(a) Arbor Day.
(b) Veterans' Day.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) Labor Day.

10. The best friend of a particular member of Oluo's family owned what type of African restaurant?
(a) Ghanaian.
(b) Ethiopian.
(c) Senegalese.
(d) West African.

11. What color lipstick did a classmate of Oluo's once tell her never to wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Purple.
(d) Orange.

12. Which ethnicity does Oluo NOT name as one wrapped up in the stereotype of the studious, hardworking Asian?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Korean.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Vietnamese.

13. What is NOT an action Oluo mentions doing less of in order to make the microaggressions toward her stop?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Studying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Laughing.

14. Oluo states that which common elements of public education are tailored to white students?
(a) Honors programs.
(b) Schedules.
(c) Standardized tests.
(d) Dress codes.

15. The best friend of which person owned a particular type of African restaurant when Oluo was young?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo states that at the time of the incident with the division director, she was working in what city?

2. How does Oluo characterize the number of African restaurant offerings in the Pacific Northwest?

3. Oluo recalls that when she had a childhood friend over to stay the night, they would often scrounge up how many dollars to buy dinner?

4. When Oluo was young, her mother made ends meet by taking on a family of how many people as roommates?

5. Oluo states that she and which of her family members attending school with her at the time endured constant microaggressions?

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