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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Why Can't I Touch Your Hair? - Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?
(a) Facebook.
(b) YouTube.
(c) TikTok.
(d) Twitter.

2. 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 prison system.
(b) The economic system.
(c) The health care system.
(d) The tax system.

3. Which comedian and actor was known as America's dad due to his role as Cliff Huxtable on television?
(a) Chris Rock.
(b) Eddie Murphy.
(c) Bill Cosby.
(d) Martin Lawrence.

4. Oluo opens Chapter 7: How Can I Talk About Affirmative Action? by discussing what it was like to live in a poor household at what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

5. Over how many hours did Oluo engage with her coworker online the evening of the described altercation?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2: What is Racism?, Oluo discusses a coworker who posted a meme suggesting that recipients of welfare be forced to take what action before receiving benefits?

2. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?

3. In which year of high school did Oluo attend a conference for promising students of color?

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

5. Oluo warns the reader to be careful not to confuse the meanings of the word appropriation and which other word?

(see the answer key)

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