Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

Racial Formations in the United States, Michael Omi and Howard Winant

1		Omi and Winant argue that race is best understood as
			A)	a biological concept
			B)	a religious concept
			C)	sociohistorical concept
			D)	an economic concept
2		Arguments about racial differences have been used to justify all of the following EXCEPT
			A)	interracial marriage
			B)	expropriation of property
			C)	the denial of political rights
			D)	slavery and other forms of coercive labor
3		In the United States, the belief that anyone who is known to have had a Black ancestor is also Black is called
			A)	passing
			B)	the color line
			C)	the ideology of black power
			D)	the principle of hypo-descent
4		Omi and Winant argue that the best way to measure race is through biological indicators.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5		According to Omi and Winant, race consciousness and theories of race are modern phenomena.
			A)	True
			B)	False

Beyond Black and White: Remaking Race in America, Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean

6		According to Lee and Bean, there are more multi-racial Americans due to all of the following EXCEPT
			A)	increased pressure from schools on individuals to identify as multiracial
			B)	increased willingness of individuals to report their multiracial backgrounds
			C)	increased rates of intermarriage
			D)	increased rates of immigration from diverse countries
7		The U.S. Census has used all of the following as measures of race, since its inception in 1790, EXCEPT
			A)	one-drop rule
			B)	mulatto
			C)	quadroon
			D)	Uncle Tom
8		According to Lee and Bean, people from which racial-ethnic group below are least likely to report a multiracial identity?
			A)	Asians
			B)	Latinos
			C)	African Americans
			D)	Native Americans
9		Lee and Bean advocate to change the U.S. census measures of race. In fact, Lee and Bean think the U.S. census should not measure race at all.
			A)	True
			B)	False
10		The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that ¾ of black Americans could claim a multiracial identity.
			A)	True
			B)	False

Is This a White Country, or What?, Lillian B. Rubin

11		What does Rubin say about the ethnicity of Italians, Jews, and the Irish in America today?
			A)	There are high amounts of ethnic solidarity and community in these groups.
			B)	Immigration for these groups is nothing more than family lore.
			C)	Ethnicity for these groups is symbolic.
			D)	both a and b
			E)	both b and c
12		Rubin is optimistic because
			A)	she thinks that assimilation has only positive consequences
			B)	she hypothesizes that the same post-immigration metamorphosis reached by European Americans will occur for Asian Americans and Latinos
			C)	she interviews working class white Americans who are open to new immigrants coming to the United States
			D)	she sees that for European Americans ethnicity is something that is a chosen identity
13		Rubin declares that it is not surprising that working class women and men speak angrily about the recent influx of immigrants because
			A)	they are uneducated
			B)	they do not understand the complexities of immigration
			C)	immigrants are often brought to America because they will work for lower wages than America's pre-existing working-class
			D)	of the racist institutions in American society
14		In her article, Rubin is comparing the immigration of Asians and Latinos today to the immigration of Italians, Jews, and the Irish over one hundred years ago.
			A)	True
			B)	False
15		Rubin argues that the assimilation is positive for all groups coming to America.
			A)	True
			B)	False

At a Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die, Charlie LeDuff

16		What is Charlie LeDuff referring to in the title of his article "At a Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die"?
			A)	bacterial growth in the meat
			B)	animals who do not get butchered
			C)	racism between the workers
			D)	the promotion of unions
17		Racism is evident in all of the followings ways at the slaughterhouse EXCEPT
			A)	how jobs are assigned
			B)	which workers get disciplined for poor work
			C)	hiring illegal workers from Mexico
			D)	the workers banning together to ask for a raise
18		The slaughterhouse hires marginal workers from all of the following groups EXCEPT
			A)	temp services
			B)	prisons
			C)	illegal immigrants
			D)	impoverished individuals
19		According to Le Duff's article on work at a slaughterhouse, Mercedes and Armando Fernández would soon have enough money to return to Mexico.
			A)	True
			B)	False
20		The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) regularly investigates the Smithfield Packing Company for illegal workers.
			A)	True
			B)	False