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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. In what state were Oluo and her younger brother born?
2. Which member of Oluo's family is named Aham?
3. 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?
4. What element does Oluo name as the only tool people of color often have when they are faced with police brutality?
5. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?
Short Essay Questions
1. About what topic did Oluo send a Tweet that later required her to launch a troll-blocking program on her phone?
2. Which of the two definitions of racism does Oluo subscribe to for the purposes of the book and why?
3. Why was it particularly important for Oluo to quickly run a program on her phone when she saw trolls inflicting a barrage of negative comments on her on Twitter?
4. In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
5. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy arise within Chapter 4: Why Am I Always Being Told to Check My Privilege?
6. How many rules does Oluo outline for how to determine if a particular issue is really about race and what are they?
7. What significant event in Oluo's life did not happen until she was 34 years old?
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. Discuss the significance of an instance when Oluo uses a literary device to depict racism.
10. What is the ultimate goal in relation to solving the police brutality problem, according to Oluo?
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
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of So You Want to Talk About Race.
Essay Topic 3
How does Oluo use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
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