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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? - Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oluo states that which common elements of public education are tailored to white students?
(a) Dress codes.
(b) Schedules.
(c) Honors programs.
(d) Standardized tests.

2. According to Oluo in Chapter 1: Is it Really About Racism?, the system of racism has been intertwined with what system since the beginning of the United States of America?
(a) The tax system.
(b) The health care system.
(c) The economic system.
(d) The prison system.

3. Oluo characterizes American society as preferring "its culture cloaked in" (116) what?
(a) Delusion.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Whiteness.
(d) History.

4. What event is statistically more likely to happen to a black high school student than a white student, according to Oluo?
(a) Detention.
(b) Expulsion.
(c) Graduation.
(d) Suspension.

5. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) She thinks it was partially successful.
(b) She does not know.
(c) She thinks it was successful.
(d) She thinks it was unsuccessful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?

2. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?

3. Which member of Oluo's family is named Aham?

4. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

5. Black people have a 3.5-4 times higher probability of having what fate befall them at the hands of police than their white counterparts?

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