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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Preface - Chapter 1 (Pages 1-56).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Britain's first race-relations act, The Race Relations Act, passed?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1965.

5. 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?
(a) Baking cakes.
(b) Watching movies.
(c) Talking to white people about race.
(d) Volunteering.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Britain begin trading in African slaves?

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. Why did the nearly 500 people from the Caribbean come to Britain in 1948 on the Windrush ship?

5. When did Eddo-Lodge begin to think about Black British history?

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