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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?
2. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
3. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?
4. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?
5. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
2. 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?
3. What action did Oluo take in her early thirties that put an end to the loneliness she had been experiencing for decades in the greater Seattle area?
4. In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?
5. What significant event in Oluo's life did not happen until she was 34 years old?
6. What are the two different definitions of racism, 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. What were the contents of the meme sent by Oluo's coworker that upset her and sparked an online altercation?
10. How many rules does Oluo outline for how to determine if a particular issue is really about race and what are they?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Oluo's choice to present the text of So You Want to Talk About Race using the first person point-of-view. What elements of the book's themes and Uluo’s voice lend themselves to this choice and what are Oluo’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
What ultimate message is Oluo sending about the purpose and value of continually examining the origins of one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?
Essay Topic 3
Examine Oluo’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
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