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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. In Chapter 2: What is Racism?, Oluo discusses a coworker who posted a meme suggesting that recipients of welfare be forced to take what action before receiving benefits?
(a) Prove their sobriety by passing a drug test.
(b) Prove that they are looking for employment.
(c) Prove that they are United States citizens.
(d) Prove that they have been sterilized.

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

3. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?
(a) Latinx cultures.
(b) East Indian cultures.
(c) Asian cultures.
(d) Indigenous cultures.

4. 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) Tone policing.
(d) Privilege.

5. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
(a) A high-interest loan.
(b) A title loan.
(c) A home loan.
(d) A reverse mortgage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?

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

3. Oluo provides a statistic stating that black drivers are what percentage more likely to get stopped by the police than white drivers?

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

5. The acronym CPE stands for the Center for what type of Equity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implicit bias?

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

3. What positive aspects of her mother's views about race does Oluo point out and why?

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

5. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy arise within Chapter 4: Why Am I Always Being Told to Check My Privilege?

6. Which of the two definitions of racism does Oluo subscribe to for the purposes of the book and why?

7. What was Ijeoma Oluo's main goal for the text of So You Want to Talk About Race?

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

9. For what actions does Oluo thank the reader at the end of the preface?

10. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?

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