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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 (Pages 57 - 116).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city had been the site of Britain's largest slave port?
(a) London.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Blackpool.
(d) Hartfordshire.

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

3. Who wrote that "Safe spaces is a direct corollary of the rise of identity politics" in the Guardian?
(a) Lord Quigley Hawley.
(b) Charles Lorley.
(c) Ian Dunt.
(d) Katie Brooks.

4. What did the sign that Robert Relf put outside his house for sale in 1976 say?
(a) For sale to an English family only.
(b) Go Away Non-Whites.
(c) No Blacks, Dogs, or Irish.
(d) Will Shoot any Trespassers.

5. Why did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother at age 4 when she was going to "turn white"?
(a) A friend had told her she would turn white someday.
(b) She had noticed her skin starting to change appearance.
(c) She had already noticed that the vast majority of positive portrayals of characters on television were white.
(d) Her favorite story was about a girl whose skin color changed one day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?

2. 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?

3. Where was Jessican's father originally from?

4. What racist comment did Jessica's mother make about her father that upset her?

5. Where did many Scottish men go to work as slave drivers during the years Britain had slaves working on its plantations?

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