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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. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?

2. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?

3. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?

4. When Oluo names her many advantages, she points out that her grade school education had been what?

5. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ijeoma Oluo's main goal for the text of So You Want to Talk About Race?

2. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy arise within Chapter 4: Why Am I Always Being Told to Check My Privilege?

3. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?

4. Name three statistics Oluo uses to highlight the problem of police brutality against black people.

5. In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?

6. About what topic did Oluo send a Tweet that later required her to launch a troll-blocking program on her phone?

7. What are the two different definitions of racism, according to Oluo?

8. What is the ultimate goal in relation to solving the police brutality problem, according to Oluo?

9. What positive aspects of her mother's views about race does Oluo point out and why?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Oluo utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within So You Want to Talk About Race and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of So You Want to Talk About Race.

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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