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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 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?
(a) Good old boys.
(b) Redneck boys.
(c) Flagrant boys.
(d) Teddy boys.

2. When did Britain vote to leave the European Union?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2010.

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 1867 Minority Report Act.
(c) The 1902 Preemptive Act.
(d) The 1780 Clean Streets Act.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which slave ship's image did abolitionist William Elford publish in 1788?

3. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?

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

5. What organization did Dr. Harold Moody form in 1931 in England?

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