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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 did Eddo-Lodge agonize over including an interview with in this book, as she stated in the Preface?
(a) Charles Hawdry.
(b) Tony Blair.
(c) Nick Griffin.
(d) David Cameron.

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

3. Which archaic law gave the police in Britain the power to stop, search and arrest anyone they suspected might commit a crime and that the police often used in the 1970s?
(a) The 1824 Vagrancy Act.
(b) The 1780 Clean Streets Act.
(c) The 1867 Minority Report Act.
(d) The 1902 Preemptive Act.

4. When did Britain begin trading in African slaves?
(a) 1562.
(b) 1607.
(c) 1783.
(d) 1590.

5. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?
(a) The police shooting of Douglas Rabar.
(b) The police beating of an unarmed Black man.
(c) The police beating of a young Black woman.
(d) The police force's Operation Swamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died of a heart attack shortly after police raided her home in 1985?

2. In 1982, where did John Fernandes work?

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

4. What organization did Rachel Fleming found in 1927?

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

(see the answer key)

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