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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Oluo describe the identities of the men who approached Oluo's picnicking group in the Seattle park?
(a) Trans.
(b) Latinx.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

5. 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 governments.
(b) Our homes.
(c) Our space program.
(d) Our workplaces.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?

2. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?

3. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?

4. In what state were Oluo and her younger brother born?

5. Oluo asserts that racism was used to justify the genocide of which people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the significance of an instance when Oluo uses a literary device to depict racism.

2. What is the ultimate goal in relation to solving the police brutality problem, according to Oluo?

3. How does Oluo refute her friend's claims in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race? when he presents his ideas about focusing on fixing issues of class inequity, rather than race-related inequity?

4. What significant event in Oluo's life did not happen until she was 34 years old?

5. Why is the concept of intersectionality so crucial to the success of strategies designed to combat social injustice?

6. What suggestions does Oluo's friend make for how to improve the lives of those in the lower classes in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

7. To what mistakes does Oluo admit when she discusses the contents of the book's first edition?

8. About what topic did Oluo send a Tweet that later required her to launch a troll-blocking program on her phone?

9. What are the two different definitions of racism, according to Oluo?

10. How many rules does Oluo outline for how to determine if a particular issue is really about race and what are they?

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