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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface - Chapter 2: What is Racism?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oluo states that it is futile to keep running from racism, since it has infiltrated all but which one of the following locations?
(a) Our space program.
(b) Our homes.
(c) Our governments.
(d) Our workplaces.

2. Ijeoma Oluo states in the preface of So You Want to Talk About Racism that she is writing the preface how many years after the first edition of the book was published?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. How many rules does Oluo name when she provides a litmus test for whether an issue is about race or not?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

4. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?
(a) A classroom.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A park.

5. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?

2. In Chapter 1: Is it Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation with a friend who claims that "The problem in American society is not race, it's" (18) what?

3. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?

4. 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?

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

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