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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. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?
(a) The Caribbean.
(b) East Asia.
(c) The Micronesian Islands.
(d) Eastern Europe.

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

3. Who died of a heart attack shortly after police raided her home in 1985?
(a) Patricia Windham.
(b) Cherry Groce.
(c) Cynthia Jarrett.
(d) Imelda Kerry.

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

5. What work by Lee Mun Wah does Eddo-Lodge mention in the Preface as touching to her?
(a) The Color Purple.
(b) The Color of Water.
(c) The Color of Fear.
(d) Half Blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name for Indian soldiers who served and fought for Britain during WWI?

2. Which transportation company did Guy Bailey interview with in 1965?

3. In the 1980s, which political party did Britain's settled Black and brown people mostly belong to?

4. What organization did Rachel Fleming found in 1927?

5. 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?

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