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

2. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. A study by the CPE found that "blacks were almost" how many "times more likely to be subject to force from police" (73) than were their white counterparts?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. 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) Privilege.
(c) Tone policing.
(d) Intersectionality.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?

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

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. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?

5. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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