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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 in Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth? that many of her neighbors who were poor were also what?

2. In the anecdote presented at the start of Chapter 13: Why Are Our Students So Angry?, her son expressed which religious affiliation?

3. Oluo asserts that over time, microaggressions do what sort of damage to a victim?

4. In what grade was Sagan when he was expelled from school?

5. Oluo recalls wanting to spend time with friends she felt comfortable accompanying to what location?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways was Oluo led to believe that there were things wrong with her identity when she was growing up?

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

4. What strategy did Oluo’s mother use to make ends meet before applying for public housing and what happened to render that strategy ineffective?

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

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

7. Who was Tamir Rice and why is his story significant?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Oluo send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in So You Want to Talk About Race? Examine Oluo's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.

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