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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Martin Luther King Jr. write a famous letter from a jail cell in in 1963?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Jackson, Mississippi.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Savage.
(b) Angering.
(c) Bewildering.
(d) Heartbreaking.

5. What was the date of Stephen Lawrence's death?
(a) March 10, 1993.
(b) April 22, 1993.
(c) August 13, 1993.
(d) December 20, 1993.

6. What kind of group or place do some people seek to be able to talk about living under the weight of racism with like-minded people?
(a) A university debate.
(b) A roundtable.
(c) A safe space.
(d) A church discussion.

7. How does the mixed-race "Jessica" choose to identify in terms of racial background?
(a) Indian.
(b) White.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Black.

8. How does Eddo-Lodge define "people of color" in this book?
(a) Only Black people.
(b) Black people, Native Americans, and Asians.
(c) Anyone of any race that is not white.
(d) Only Native Americans.

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

10. What is Eddo-Lodge's opinion about color-blindess?
(a) It is the most preferable approach to addressing racism.
(b) The approach works best in the developing world.
(c) It is a childish, stunted analysis of racism.
(d) The approach works best in well-established democratic nations.

11. Which ethnic group of people in the U.K. are the most at risk to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals under the compulsory powers of the Mental Health Act, according to a 2003 NHS England report?
(a) Asian people.
(b) Indian people.
(c) African and African Caribbean people.
(d) White people.

12. Whose initial idea was a Black History Month in Britain?
(a) Micheline Rodin.
(b) Ansel Wong.
(c) Marshall Hayes.
(d) Betrand Rimmel.

13. Which Black MP's comments touched off a Twitter firestorm of criticism and comments in 2012?
(a) Diane Abbott.
(b) Reni Lorton.
(c) Marcia Blackhall.
(d) Jamila Priya.

14. What was the name for Indian soldiers who served and fought for Britain during WWI?
(a) Charlies.
(b) Sepoys.
(c) Alphas.
(d) Mercenaries.

15. In the 1980s, which political party did Britain's settled Black and brown people mostly belong to?
(a) Whigs.
(b) Torys.
(c) Labour.
(d) Conservative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American sports organization announced measures to address the lack of Black managers in the sport in 2002?

2. How many years after Stephen Lawrence's death were two men found guilty of his murder?

3. Why does Eddo-Lodge say she herself is also an insider as well as an outsider in the system?

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

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

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