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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. According to Oluo in Chapter 1: Is it Really About Racism?, the system of racism has been intertwined with what system since the beginning of the United States of America?
(a) The health care system.
(b) The prison system.
(c) The tax system.
(d) The economic system.

2. 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 that only time would tell.
(d) She said she was waiting to hear from her literary agent.

3. Which hip-hop artist's booking of a concert near Oluo's place of residence made her angry?
(a) DJ Jazzy Jeff.
(b) Jay-Z.
(c) Lil Wayne.
(d) R Kelly.

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

5. What location does Oluo name as "a very lonely place" for her for a "very long time" (49)?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Texas.
(c) Spokane.
(d) Salt Lake City.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?

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

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

5. In the context of social justice, which term means "an advantage or set of advantages you have that others do not" (53)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implicit bias?

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?

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

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

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

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

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