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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 the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?
(a) Appropriation.
(b) Tone policing.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Intersectionality.

2. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?
(a) Twitter.
(b) YouTube.
(c) Facebook.
(d) TikTok.

3. What element does Oluo name as the only tool people of color often have when they are faced with police brutality?
(a) Visible marks indicating abuse.
(b) The court system.
(c) Witnesses.
(d) Their own account of events.

4. 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.

5. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?
(a) Her whiteness.
(b) Her yoga practice.
(c) Her gender.
(d) Her maternal instinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?

2. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

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 In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

4. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?

5. What is NOT an element Oluo detected within people's questions about how the book was faring just after its publication?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?

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

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

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