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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 Tamir Rice when he was shot to death by a policeman?
(a) 6.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

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

3. What color lipstick did a classmate of Oluo's once tell her never to wear?
(a) Purple.
(b) Orange.
(c) Pink.
(d) Red.

4. When Oluo's family moved to public housing, their new place was located by which landmark?
(a) A water park.
(b) A bank.
(c) A state capitol building.
(d) A university.

5. How many ideas does Oluo include in her bulleted list for actions people can take when they are attacked with a microaggression?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo found out much later in life that many of her childhood friends had been either Asian Americans or what?

2. Oluo characterizes American society as preferring "its culture cloaked in" (116) what?

3. Oluo asserts that one in how many black men will go to prison in his lifetime?

4. In what type of setting does Oluo begin the chapter entitled What is Cultural Appropriation?

5. Which element does Oluo name as being the most important one shared among her childhood friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the goal of affirmative action?

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

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

4. How does Oluo define a microaggression and what is one example of a microaggression?

5. What is Oluo's ultimate determination about whether it is alright to ask a black person if they are okay with their hair being touched?

6. For what two reasons did Oluo’s eight-year-old son wish to refrain from saying the Pledge of Allegiance aloud in school every day?

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

8. What are a few ways that readers can fight against the model minority myth?

9. What question did the division director at Oluo's work ask her at a meeting and how did she react?

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

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