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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: But What if I Hate Al Sharpton? - Chapter 17: Talking is Great but What Else Can I Do?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?
(a) Her yoga practice.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Her maternal instinct.
(d) Her whiteness.

2. Oluo states that when she was a child, her favorite civil rights leader was which person?
(a) Al Sharpton.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. In the anecdote presented at the start of Chapter 13: Why Are Our Students So Angry?, her son expressed which religious affiliation?
(a) Agnosticism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Catholicism.

4. In what type of setting does Oluo begin the chapter entitled What is Cultural Appropriation?
(a) An airport.
(b) A library.
(c) A bank.
(d) A carnival.

5. In Chapter 2: What is Racism?, Oluo discusses a coworker who posted a meme suggesting that recipients of welfare be forced to take what action before receiving benefits?
(a) Prove their sobriety by passing a drug test.
(b) Prove that they are United States citizens.
(c) Prove that they are looking for employment.
(d) Prove that they have been sterilized.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Oluo states that people of color "want white people to join them in demanding their right to be able to trust the" what "like white people do" (80)?

4. A classmate of Oluo's once told her that if she wore a certain color of lipstick, she would look like a what?

5. How many items does Oluo include within her bulleted list of some main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?

(see the answer key)

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