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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What determination does Oluo make in the preface about the success of the book So You Want to Talk About Race?
5. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it particularly important for Oluo to quickly run a program on her phone when she saw trolls inflicting a barrage of negative comments on her on Twitter?
2. What are the two different definitions of racism, according to Oluo?
3. For what actions does Oluo thank the reader at the end of the preface?
4. How does Oluo refute her friend's claims in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race? when he presents his ideas about focusing on fixing issues of class inequity, rather than race-related inequity?
5. What is implicit bias?
6. What is the ultimate goal in relation to solving the police brutality problem, according to Oluo?
7. What action did Oluo take in her early thirties that put an end to the loneliness she had been experiencing for decades in the greater Seattle area?
8. Name three statistics Oluo uses to highlight the problem of police brutality against black people.
9. About what topic did Oluo send a Tweet that later required her to launch a troll-blocking program on her phone?
10. What was Ijeoma Oluo's main goal for the text of So You Want to Talk About Race?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Oluo’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race.
Essay Topic 2
What is Oluo's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Oluo get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in So You Want to Talk About Race? Examine Oluo's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.
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