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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The best friend of a particular member of Oluo's family owned what type of African restaurant?
(a) Senegalese.
(b) Ghanaian.
(c) Ethiopian.
(d) West African.

2. When Oluo's family moved to public housing, their new place was located by which landmark?
(a) A state capitol building.
(b) A water park.
(c) A university.
(d) A bank.

3. What toy resembling a weapon was Tamir Rice holding in his hand when he was fatally shot by a policeman?
(a) A toy sword.
(b) A toy crossbow.
(c) A toy grenade.
(d) A toy gun.

4. What is NOT a country Oluo names as one from which her childhood friends' parents had come?
(a) South Korea.
(b) Guam.
(c) India.
(d) The Philippines.

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

6. In what type of setting does Oluo begin the chapter entitled What is Cultural Appropriation?
(a) A bank.
(b) A library.
(c) A carnival.
(d) An airport.

7. Oluo asserts that over time, microaggressions do what sort of damage to a victim?
(a) Permanent.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Psychic.
(d) Physical.

8. What adjective did Steve Loomis, the police department's union president, use to describe his impression of Tamir Rice's appearance?
(a) Menacing.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Unpredictable.

9. How many months of the school year did Sagan attend before he was expelled?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

10. Oluo states that at the time of the incident with the division director, she was working in what city?
(a) Houston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Seattle.

11. 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) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

12. Oluo urges the reader in Chapter 8: What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline to "challenge the legitimacy" of which "white-centered" (104) institution?
(a) Education.
(b) Political discourse.
(c) Career preparation.
(d) Family planning.

13. With what emotion did Oluo's coworkers watch the situation after the division director asked Oluo a question at the meeting?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Embarrassment.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Horror.

14. A classmate of Oluo's once told her that if she wore a certain color of lipstick, she would look like a what?
(a) Mannequin.
(b) Porcelain doll.
(c) Clown.
(d) Alien.

15. The implementation of what policy in schools is said to be one of the main contributors to the school-to-prison pipeline?
(a) In-school suspension.
(b) Attendance.
(c) Dress code.
(d) Zero-tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit did Oluo develop as a result of white people telling her that her hair is "poufy" (128)?

2. Oluo recalls wanting to spend time with friends she felt comfortable accompanying to what location?

3. What item does Oluo deem unacceptable for white people to wear at music festivals?

4. Oluo states in Chapter 14: What is the Model Minority Myth? that many of her neighbors who were poor were also what?

5. How many people made fun of Oluo's name during the conference for promising students of color?

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