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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many Black 16- to 24-year-olds were out of work in the U.K. in 2012?
(a) 45%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 25%.

2. What was the name for Indian soldiers who served and fought for Britain during WWI?
(a) Charlies.
(b) Sepoys.
(c) Alphas.
(d) Mercenaries.

3. A 2009 report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found that what percentage of all Black men living in Britain were on the National DNA Database?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 30%.

4. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Positive discrimination.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Power.

5. What kind of group or place do some people seek to be able to talk about living under the weight of racism with like-minded people?
(a) A church discussion.
(b) A safe space.
(c) A university debate.
(d) A roundtable.

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. What legal requirement in the U.K. adoption process did David Cameron remove in 2012?

3. Who died of a heart attack shortly after police raided her home in 1985?

4. How does Eddo-Lodge define "people of color" in this book?

5. What important abolitionist group was established in the year 1787 in Britain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the idea of "color-blindness?"

2. How does Eddo-Lodge define white privilege, and what qualifier does she attach to it?

3. In Chapter 3, what devastating question did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother when she was four years old about race?

4. Why was the SS Empire Windrush significant in the history of racism in Britain?

5. Why did so many people react negatively to MP Diane Abbott's tweet about race in 2012?

6. What reason did the Crown Prosecution Service give to account for not prosecuting any suspects in the Stephen Lawrence case?

7. What do many people continue to insist about the opportunities afforded to Black people in Britain, despite devastating statistics proving their life changes are hindered?

8. What did the judge in the Stephen Lawrence case say when two men were eventually convicted of killing him 19 years after his murder?

9. Why is structural racism often so difficult to hold to account, according to Eddo-Lodge?

10. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?

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