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

2. 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 safe space.
(b) A church discussion.
(c) A roundtable.
(d) A university debate.

3. What was the word Eddo-Lodge's white readers used most often to describe their feelings about her 2014 blog post on race that prompted her to write this book?
(a) Heartbreaking.
(b) Angering.
(c) Bewildering.
(d) Savage.

4. Where was Jessican's father originally from?
(a) Trinidad and Tobago.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) The United States.
(d) Jamaica.

5. What organization did Rachel Fleming found in 1927?
(a) The Pediatric Society for All British Children.
(b) The Liverpool Association for the Welfare of Half-Caste Children.
(c) The White People Freeing Black People Society.
(d) The Keys and Club Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Martin Luther King Jr. write a famous letter from a jail cell in in 1963?

2. What is Eddo-Lodge's opinion about color-blindess?

3. Who was shot by the police in her own home and subsequently paralyzed by her injury?

4. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?

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

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