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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "The beliefs that sit in the back of your brain and inform your actions without your implicit knowledge is called what?
(a) Implicit bias.
(b) Implicit tendency.
(c) Implicit deficit.
(d) Implicit ideology.

3. Charles Mudude was an editor at which Seattle newspaper?
(a) The Seattle Times.
(b) The Stranger.
(c) Seattle Weekly.
(d) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

4. What is NOT a trait of her own writing that Oluo mentions as something she gave her readers that many other writers did not offer?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Utility.
(d) Authenticity.

5. How old was Oluo when she joined a social media group for Seattleite people of color?
(a) In her early 30s.
(b) In her early 20s.
(c) In her late 40s.
(d) In her late 20s.

6. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?
(a) Pepper spray.
(b) A tazer.
(c) A gun.
(d) A truncheon.

7. Oluo provides a statistic stating that black drivers are what percentage more likely to get stopped by the police than white drivers?
(a) 46.
(b) 18.
(c) 23.
(d) 36.

8. What metaphorical element does Oluo use within the Introduction to characterize racism?
(a) A monster.
(b) A mummy.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A hurricane.

9. What adjective does Oluo use in the final sentence of the Introduction when she discusses being "a part of this conversation" (17)?
(a) Honored.
(b) Awed.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Tentative.

10. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

11. How many lines of traffic did the policeman cross in order to pull Oluo over in 2015?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

12. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) She thinks it was successful.
(b) She does not know.
(c) She thinks it was unsuccessful.
(d) She thinks it was partially successful.

13. How many of Oluo's brothers did she have with her in the car when she got pulled over for speeding in 2015?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

14. Oluo states that there are how many official definitions of racism?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

15. What is NOT an adjective Oluo uses in the Introduction to describe the process of writing So You Want to Talk About Race?
(a) Grueling.
(b) Painful.
(c) Heart-wrenching.
(d) Eye-opening.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Oluo describe her mother's identity?

3. Ijeoma Oluo states in the preface of So You Want to Talk About Racism that she is writing the preface how many years after the first edition of the book was published?

4. With whom was Oluo having dinner when she had to excuse herself to launch a program on her phone?

5. Oluo insists at the end of Chapter 3: What If I Talk About Race Wrong? that it is crucial that in the fight for social justice, we disregard our what?

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