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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. A classmate of Oluo's once told her that if she wore a certain color of lipstick, she would look like a what?
(a) Alien.
(b) Porcelain doll.
(c) Clown.
(d) Mannequin.

2. Oluo asserts that one in how many black men will go to prison in his lifetime?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

3. Oluo states in Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth? that many of her neighbors who were poor were also what?
(a) In foster care.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Being physically abused.
(d) Children of color.

4. In Chapter 8: What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?, Oluo discusses being contacted by Sagan's mother, who has which first name?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Natasha.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Nanette.

5. What habit did Oluo develop as a result of white people telling her that her hair is "poufy" (128)?
(a) She constantly patted her head.
(b) She wore hats.
(c) She twirled her hair.
(d) She pulled her hair out.

Short Answer Questions

1. The best friend of which person owned a particular type of African restaurant when Oluo was young?

2. How old was Oluo the first time she was called the 'n word'?

3. The chairs at the restaurant discussed in Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation? have what pattern?

4. Oluo's definition of a microaggression mentions "daily insults and" (130) what?

5. How many items does Oluo include within her bulleted list of some main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

7. How does Oluo use the anecdote about the Africa Lounge to illustrate the missed opportunities inherent in the instance of cultural appropriation?

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

9. Who is Sagan and for what purpose does Oluo introduce his story?

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

(see the answer keys)

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