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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 (Pages 117 - 160).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which term from the Harry Potter books does Eddo-Lodge cite as a slur that had racial connotations in the real world?
(a) Gallywort.
(b) Muggle.
(c) Mudblood.
(d) Hayworm.

2. What organization did Dr. Harold Moody form in 1931 in England?
(a) The Gentry Club.
(b) The League of Colored Peoples.
(c) The Marshall Note.
(d) The Keys and Skulls.

3. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?
(a) Newport.
(b) Anglesea.
(c) Martinique.
(d) Ainsway.

4. Which magazine published an editorial on the rise of mixed-race Britain in 2014?
(a) The Economist.
(b) The Guardian.
(c) The Evening Herald.
(d) The Statesman.

5. How does Eddo-Lodge define "people of color" in this book?
(a) Only Black people.
(b) Anyone of any race that is not white.
(c) Only Native Americans.
(d) Black people, Native Americans, and Asians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which archaic law gave the police in Britain the power to stop, search and arrest anyone they suspected might commit a crime and that the police often used in the 1970s?

2. Why did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother at age 4 when she was going to "turn white"?

3. Whose initial idea was a Black History Month in Britain?

4. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?

5. What is the term Eddo-Lodge uses throughout the book that expresses the idea of actively trying to increase racial diversity across the public and private sectors in the U.K.?

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