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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. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?
(a) She said she did not know.
(b) She said it was a secret.
(c) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.
(d) She said that only time would tell.

2. Oluo provides a statistic stating that black drivers are what percentage more likely to get stopped by the police than white drivers?
(a) 18.
(b) 23.
(c) 46.
(d) 36.

3. In what month of 2015 was Oluo pulled over by the police for speeding?
(a) Feburary.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) December.

4. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A mummy.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A monster.

5. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) She thinks it was partially successful.
(b) She thinks it was unsuccessful.
(c) She thinks it was successful.
(d) She does not know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like on the day Oluo had a picnic in the park with the group she met on social media?

2. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?

3. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?

4. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?

5. What is NOT a term Oluo uses to describe her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Name three statistics Oluo uses to highlight the problem of police brutality against black people.

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

7. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?

8. What action did Oluo take in her early thirties that put an end to the loneliness she had been experiencing for decades in the greater Seattle area?

9. Why was it particularly important for Oluo to quickly run a program on her phone when she saw trolls inflicting a barrage of negative comments on her on Twitter?

10. How does Oluo portray her mother's views about race as negative?

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