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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 what country is the bindi traditionally used for purposes other than a fashion statement?
(a) India.
(b) Spain.
(c) Peru.
(d) China.

2. When Oluo was young, her mother made ends meet by taking on a family of how many people as roommates?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. In what city was Ijeoma Oluo working when the division director asked a question about her hair?
(a) Seattle.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

4. What superlative does Oluo use to describe the way in which cultural appropriation functions as a topic of discussion?
(a) Subtlest.
(b) Fastest.
(c) Trickiest.
(d) Ugliest.

5. What item does Oluo deem unacceptable for white people to wear at music festivals?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) An Indian headdress.
(c) Filas.
(d) A sari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What toy resembling a weapon was Tamir Rice holding in his hand when he was fatally shot by a policeman?

2. In Chapter 8: What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?, Oluo discusses being contacted by Sagan's mother, who has which first name?

3. In what city was Tamir Rice shot by a policeman while holding a particular toy in the park?

4. Oluo recalls finding out later in life that many of her childhood friends' parents had fled from countries affected by what?

5. With what emotion did Oluo's coworkers watch the situation after the division director asked Oluo a question at the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what year of high school did Oluo attend a conference for promising students of color and how does she characterize the experience?

2. What action does Oluo consider crucial in the fight to provide students of color with educations comparable to those of their white peers?

3. What strategy did Oluo’s mother use to make ends meet before applying for public housing and what happened to render that strategy ineffective?

4. What length of time does Oluo claim will have to pass before white people can utter the ‘n’ word without causing harm to black people?

5. Who was Tamir Rice and why is his story significant?

6. What point does Oluo make about the negative effects of the optimism in the 1980s regarding race relations?

7. Name two elements of what Oluo calls “white-centered education” (104).

8. What is the symbolism of the Indian headdress being worn at Coachella by a white festival-goer?

9. Name three main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline.

10. How does Oluo define the school-to-prison pipeline?

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