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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Chapter 7 (Pages 207 - 238).

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) 10%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 25%.

2. What did Eddo-Lodge tell a white woman who burst into tears while asking a question at her book event in Part V?
(a) She told her wallowing in despair was not useful.
(b) She told her to donate money to anti-racist causes.
(c) She told her to teach her children to be compassionate human beings.
(d) She told her to talk to her friends and form an activist group.

3. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?
(a) The Lord Haw-Haw Act.
(b) The Commonwealth Immigrants Act.
(c) The Windrush Generation Act.
(d) The Griffin Act.

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

5. What is one of the most common and harmful stereotypes of Black women that Eddo-Lodge explains late in Part IV?
(a) The angry Black woman.
(b) The wealthy Black woman.
(c) The poor Black woman.
(d) The ignorant Black woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?

2. What racist comment did Jessica's mother make about her father that upset her?

3. What percentage of respondents to a 2016 British Social Attitudes survey identify themselves as, according to Enno-Lodge?

4. What does Eddo-Lodge warn white people might sometimes happen when they talk to other white people about race?

5. Which book did Eddo-Lodge read lines from in her garden, thinking she might apply for a character's role in the upcoming casting of the film based on that book?

(see the answer key)

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