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

2. Oluo asserts that racism was used to justify the genocide of which people?
(a) Nomadic people.
(b) People of color.
(c) Jewish people.
(d) Indigenous people.

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

4. Oluo asserts that "our class system is" (21) all but which of the following?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Mercurial.
(c) Violent.
(d) Oppressive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Oluo got pulled over for speeding in 2015, she was given a ticket for driving how many miles per hour over the speed limit?

3. How many of Oluo's brothers did she have with her in the car when she got pulled over for speeding in 2015?

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

5. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?

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