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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. Oluo asserts that one in how many black men will go to prison in his lifetime?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

2. Oluo states that from the beginning, she hoped that the book So You Want to Talk About Race would create real what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Anger.
(d) Change.

3. Oluo asserts that what type of chef must appropriate a culture's food before the food can be sold for high prices?
(a) Award-winning.
(b) Male.
(c) French.
(d) White.

4. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?
(a) Mosaic.
(b) Melting-pot.
(c) Community.
(d) Conglomeration.

5. Which aspect of Oluo's first serious conversation about race with her mother made her happy they had talked?
(a) Its outcome.
(b) Its laughter.
(c) Its tears.
(d) Its twists and turns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?

2. What was the weather like on the day Oluo had a picnic in the park with the group she met on social media?

3. Oluo states that what length of time will likely pass before a white person is able to say the 'n word' without hurting black people by doing so?

4. Oluo characterizes American society as preferring "its culture cloaked in" (116) what?

5. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?

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