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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. Which member of Oluo's family is named Aham?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

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

3. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Broadcasting.
(d) Theater.

4. Black people have a 3.5-4 times higher probability of having what fate befall them at the hands of police than their white counterparts?
(a) Being arrested.
(b) Being wounded.
(c) Being fatally shot.
(d) Being beaten.

5. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?
(a) 34.
(b) 14.
(c) 41.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oluo name as the most crucial element in the fight for social justice and equality?

2. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?

3. What is NOT an element Oluo's friend mentions in the list of ways he would help the lower classes?

4. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?

5. The final paragraph of the Introduction is written from which narrative perspective?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?

2. What were the contents of the meme sent by Oluo's coworker that upset her and sparked an online altercation?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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