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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 recalls being told by white classmates that at least black men liked what quality she possessed?
(a) She was muscular.
(b) She was fat.
(c) She was tall.
(d) She was mature.

2. The interview with George W. Bush discussed in Chapter 16: I Just Got Called Racist, What Do I Do Now? took place how many years after the end of George W. Bush's presidency?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

3. Oluo asserts in Chapter 15: But What if I Hate Al Sharpton that tone policing exists to provide white people with what?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Justification.
(c) Absolution.
(d) A reason to change.

4. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?
(a) A monster.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A tornado.

5. Oluo states that "at its core," cultural appropriation is "about ownership of one's" (114) what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Identity.
(d) Ancestry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The best friend of a particular member of Oluo's family owned what type of African restaurant?

2. What is NOT an element Oluo detected within people's questions about how the book was faring just after its publication?

3. In what state were Oluo and her younger brother born?

4. Oluo became angry when she discovered that a particular hip-hop artist had a concert booked in which Washington city?

5. In Oluo's youth, which entity did she blame for microaggressions levied against her?

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