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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 13.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

2. How many ideas does Oluo include in her bulleted list for actions people can take when they are attacked with a microaggression?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

3. In what grade was Sagan when he was expelled from school?
(a) Kindergarten.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

4. In what year was Tamir Rice fatally shot by a policeman?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2011.

5. 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) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 13.

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

7. Oluo states that "at its core," cultural appropriation is "about ownership of one's" (114) what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Ancestry.
(d) Identity.

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

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

10. What toy resembling a weapon was Tamir Rice holding in his hand when he was fatally shot by a policeman?
(a) A toy crossbow.
(b) A toy grenade.
(c) A toy sword.
(d) A toy gun.

11. Oluo asserts that over time, microaggressions do what sort of damage to a victim?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Permanent.
(c) Psychic.
(d) Physical.

12. Oluo warns the reader to be careful not to confuse the meanings of the word appropriation and which other word?
(a) Apoplectic.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) Apprehension.
(d) Appellate.

13. How old was Oluo the first time she was called the 'n word'?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

14. Oluo states that she and which of her family members attending school with her at the time endured constant microaggressions?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her nephew.
(d) Her niece.

15. What is NOT a country Oluo names as one from which her childhood friends' parents had come?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) South Korea.
(c) India.
(d) Guam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo's definition of a microaggression mentions "daily insults and" (130) what?

2. Oluo found out much later in life that many of her childhood friends had been either Asian Americans or what?

3. Which comedian and actor was known as America's dad due to his role as Cliff Huxtable on television?

4. In what country is the bindi traditionally used for purposes other than a fashion statement?

5. One of Oluo's son's teachers told him that had to say the Pledge of Allegiance at the assembly celebrating which upcoming holiday?

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