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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 (Pages 57 - 116).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Stephen Lawrence's case teach Eddo-Lodge?
(a) There are occasions when the police cannot be trusted to act fairly.
(b) It is smart to record interactions with the police.
(c) There are some parts of town that are safer than others.
(d) Public transport is perilous for Black people in Britain.

3. Why does Eddo-Lodge say she herself is also an insider as well as an outsider in the system?
(a) She has traveled extensively.
(b) She has worked in government jobs before.
(c) She is from a wealthy family.
(d) She is university-educated, able-bodied, and she speaks and writes in ways similar to those she chooses to criticize.

4. When was the Abolition of Slavery Act introduced in the British Empire?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1850.

5. Who was shot by the police in her own home and subsequently paralyzed by her injury?
(a) Cherry Groce.
(b) Imelda Kerry.
(c) Patrician Windham.
(d) Marcella Wynne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dr. Harold Moody born?

2. Who did Eddo-Lodge agonize over including an interview with in this book, as she stated in the Preface?

3. What were the group of young white men in the late 1950s who wore creeper shoes and shirts and who set upon the streets to assault Black people called?

4. What does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she spends most of her time doing now, despite her blog post in 2014 stating she would do the opposite?

5. In 1982, where did John Fernandes work?

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