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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: What if I Talk About Race Wrong? - Chapter 6: Is Police Brutality Really About Race?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element does Oluo name as the only tool people of color often have when they are faced with police brutality?
(a) Witnesses.
(b) Their own account of events.
(c) The court system.
(d) Visible marks indicating abuse.

2. 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 thinks it was successful.
(c) She thinks it was unsuccessful.
(d) She does not know.

3. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?
(a) Her date.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. Oluo states that racism was used to justify the enslavement of which people?
(a) Nomadic people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Asian people.
(d) Indigenous people.

5. What was the weather like on the day Oluo had a picnic in the park with the group she met on social media?
(a) Windy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Rainy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?

2. Oluo provides a statistic stating that black drivers are what percentage more likely to get stopped by the police than white drivers?

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

4. "The beliefs that sit in the back of your brain and inform your actions without your implicit knowledge is called what?

5. How old was Oluo when she and her mother had their first serious discussion about race?

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