1. What does the use of the language by which whites claim to feel unsafe illustrate about white people in relation to racial discourse, according to Chapter 8?
(a) White people are generally very receptive to learning about racism.
(b) White people on the whole are fragile and ill-equipped to confront racial tensions.
(c) White people do not see color.
(d) The way white people are taught to define racism makes it easy to discuss.

2. What is aversive racism?
(a) Reverse racism.
(b) A manifestation of racism that well-intentioned people who see themselves as educated are more likely to exhibit.
(c) Racism that only affects certain ethnic groups.
(d) A manifestation of racism that only people who are bad and immoral are likely to exhibit.

3. At what point in her life did Diangelo experience a challenge to her racial identity?
(a) When she was a full adult.
(b) When she was a child.
(c) When she was a baby.
(d) When she was a teenager.

4. What limits white people from forming connections across racial lines, according to Diangelo?
(a) Their lack of social awareness.
(b) Their lack of knowledge about racism in American history.
(c) Their tendency to embrace the discomfort of authentic racial engagements.
(d) Their tendency to retreat from the discomfort of authentic racial engagement.

5. What does Diangelo say about race in relation to time and place?
(a) Race is not very adaptive.
(b) Race has nothing to do with any specific time or place.
(c) Race related issues were only important in 1960s America.
(d) Race is highly adaptive.