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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. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?
(a) Ainsway.
(b) Martinique.
(c) Anglesea.
(d) Newport.

2. In 1982, where did John Fernandes work?
(a) Herrod's Department Store.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) The Brixton Police Department.
(d) Kilburn Polytechnic.

3. Where did many Scottish men go to work as slave drivers during the years Britain had slaves working on its plantations?
(a) Micronesia.
(b) India.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Eastern Europe.

4. What organization did Dr. Harold Moody form in 1931 in England?
(a) The League of Colored Peoples.
(b) The Gentry Club.
(c) The Keys and Skulls.
(d) The Marshall Note.

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) Talking to white people about race.
(c) Watching movies.
(d) Volunteering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization did Rachel Fleming found in 1927?

2. 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?

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

4. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?

5. What was Britain's first race-relations act, The Race Relations Act, passed?

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