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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? - Chapter 10: What is Cultural Appropriation?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The tax system.
(b) The health care system.
(c) The economic system.
(d) The prison system.

2. How many items does Oluo include within her bulleted list of some main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. Oluo states that until what level of her school career, she was always the only black student in her class?
(a) College.
(b) Junior high.
(c) High school.
(d) Middle school.

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

5. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?
(a) White supremacy.
(b) The silence surrounding race.
(c) Patriarchy.
(d) The school-to-prison pipeline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oluo states that there are how many official definitions of racism?

2. In what country is the bindi traditionally used for purposes other than a fashion statement?

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. The acronym CPE stands for the Center for what type of Equity?

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

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