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

2. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?
(a) Pepper spray.
(b) A tazer.
(c) A truncheon.
(d) A gun.

3. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Utility.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Authenticity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?

2. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?

3. 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?

4. Which sporting event does Oluo use as a metaphor for the racism she and her brother encountered in their youth?

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 suggestions does Oluo's friend make for how to improve the lives of those in the lower classes in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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