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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 toy resembling a weapon was Tamir Rice holding in his hand when he was fatally shot by a policeman?
(a) A toy grenade.
(b) A toy crossbow.
(c) A toy gun.
(d) A toy sword.

2. What is NOT an action Oluo mentions doing less of in order to make the microaggressions toward her stop?
(a) Eating.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Studying.

3. In what year was Tamir Rice fatally shot by a policeman?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2014.

4. The division director made the situation worse by asking Oluo if she had seen a documentary narrated by which comedian?
(a) Chris Rock.
(b) Kevin Hart.
(c) Dane Cook.
(d) Mitch Hedberg.

5. How many actions does Oluo name when she provides a bulleted list for people accused of committing microaggressions?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food did Oluo often buy to ease her childhood hunger?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the goal of affirmative action?

5. 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?

6. What does the ramen symbolize within Oluo’s anecdote about a sleepover in Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action?

7. What was the number one quality in a friend that meant the most to Oluo during her childhood and why?

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

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

10. What historical context does Oluo consider crucial to any conversation about white people's desires to touch black people's hair?

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