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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8: What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?, Oluo discusses being contacted by Sagan's mother, who has which first name?
(a) Natasha.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Nanette.
(d) Nancy.

3. How many actions does Oluo name when she provides a bulleted list for people accused of committing microaggressions?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

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

5. In what country is the bindi traditionally used for purposes other than a fashion statement?
(a) India.
(b) Spain.
(c) China.
(d) Peru.

6. Oluo states that what length of time will likely pass before a white person is able to say the 'n word' without hurting black people by doing so?
(a) A century.
(b) An eternity.
(c) Five decades.
(d) Past our lifetimes.

7. Oluo states that at the time of the incident with the division director, she was working in what city?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Houston.
(d) Philadelphia.

8. Chapter 13: Why Are Our Students So Angry? begins with a story about Oluo's son who was how old at the time?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 13.

9. How many months of the school year did Sagan attend before he was expelled?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

10. Oluo recalls wanting to spend time with friends she felt comfortable accompanying to what location?
(a) The landfill.
(b) School.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The food bank.

11. Oluo opens Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? by discussing what it was like to live in a poor household at what age?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

12. The division director made the situation worse by asking Oluo if she had seen a documentary narrated by which comedian?
(a) Dane Cook.
(b) Kevin Hart.
(c) Chris Rock.
(d) Mitch Hedberg.

13. Oluo urges the reader in Chapter 8: What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline to "challenge the legitimacy" of which "white-centered" (104) institution?
(a) Education.
(b) Career preparation.
(c) Political discourse.
(d) Family planning.

14. The implementation of what policy in schools is said to be one of the main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?
(a) Dress code.
(b) In-school suspension.
(c) Attendance.
(d) Zero-tolerance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many people made fun of Oluo's name during the conference for promising students of color?

4. Which ethnicity does Oluo NOT name as one wrapped up in the stereotype of the studious, hardworking Asian?

5. A classmate of Oluo's once told her that if she wore a certain color of lipstick, she would look like a what?

(see the answer keys)

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