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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: But What if I Hate Al Sharpton? - Chapter 17: Talking is Great but What Else Can I Do?.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Prove their sobriety by passing a drug test.
(b) Prove that they have been sterilized.
(c) Prove that they are United States citizens.
(d) Prove that they are looking for employment.

2. In the preface, Oluo thanks readers for alerting her to the fact that the first edition of the book used outdated and inconsistent language in discussion of which cultures?
(a) Indigenous cultures.
(b) East Indian cultures.
(c) Asian cultures.
(d) Latinx cultures.

3. Oluo states in Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth? that many of her neighbors who were poor were also what?
(a) Children of color.
(b) Being physically abused.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) In foster care.

4. What is NOT a quality Oluo attributes to the main people racism was created to benefit?
(a) Male.
(b) Educated.
(c) White.
(d) Rich.

5. Oluo states that her mother's "optimism and starry-eyed love" (39) came from what source?
(a) Her gender.
(b) Her yoga practice.
(c) Her maternal instinct.
(d) Her whiteness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?

2. In what city was Ijeoma Oluo working when the division director asked a question about her hair?

3. Which element does Oluo name as being the most important one shared among her childhood friends?

4. 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?

5. The division director suggested that Oluo see a documentary film about what subject?

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