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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. The chairs at the restaurant discussed in Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation? have what pattern?

2. Oluo recalls being told by white classmates that at least black men liked what quality she possessed?

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

4. How old was Oluo the first time she was called the 'n word'?

5. Oluo claims that in which decade, there was a great deal of unrealistic optimism regarding the future of race relations?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Oluo’s advice regarding white people’s use of the ‘n’ word and how does her advice value compassion over understanding?

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

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

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. Who is Sagan and for what purpose does Oluo introduce his story?

7. What is the symbolism of the Indian headdress being worn at Coachella by a white festival-goer?

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

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

10. How does Oluo define the school-to-prison pipeline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Oluo’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race.

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Oluo use the location of Seattle to exemplify many of her points throughout the text and what effect does Oluo hope her descriptions will have upon the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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