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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) African and African Caribbean people.
(c) White people.
(d) Indian people.

2. Which academic did Eddo-Lodge interview in 2014 on the subject of so-called color-blindness?
(a) Dr. Helena Henderson.
(b) Dr. Jelovic Nordon.
(c) Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw.
(d) Dr. Richard Breeze.

3. How did Jessica first begin to see her extended family's manifestations of racist attitudes?
(a) During family conversations.
(b) Through their comments on Facebook.
(c) She heard about their feelings from other family members.
(d) Through their writings in the newspapers.

4. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge write that structural racism in the U.K. is really about?
(a) How Britain's relationship with race infects and distorts equal opportunity.
(b) Lingering resentment about the U.K.'s losses in WWI.
(c) Post WWII habits that became entrenched in society.
(d) The long shadow of the monarchy.

5. Which actor spoke about the lack of historical British films about Black people when speaking to Radio Times?
(a) Idris Elba.
(b) David Oyelowo.
(c) Chadwick Boseman.
(d) Lenny Henderson.

6. Where was Jessican's father originally from?
(a) The United States.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Trinidad and Tobago.
(d) Jamaica.

7. What term did Muriel Fletcher's 1930 report cement the use of?
(a) Negro-caste.
(b) Half-caste.
(c) Immersion-Caste.
(d) Monetery-Caste.

8. Which white nationalist party was formed in Britain in 1967?
(a) The Starwalt Front.
(b) The Back to Front.
(c) The National Front.
(d) The Supreme Front.

9. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge conclude that seeing race is essential to in relation to racism?
(a) Enacting positive discrimination measures.
(b) Getting more support for one's goals.
(c) Understanding the true extent of the problem.
(d) Changing the system.

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

11. 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) Heartbreaking.
(d) Bewildering.

12. 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 church discussion.
(b) A safe space.
(c) A roundtable.
(d) A university debate.

13. Which Metropolitan Police Commissioner did Stephen Lawrence's family demand the resignation of in 1998?
(a) Sir Richard Wright.
(b) Sir Paul Condon.
(c) Catherine Baynard.
(d) Maria Rindell.

14. Who was the British Prime Minister throughout the 1980s?
(a) Margaret Thatcher.
(b) David Cameron.
(c) Gordon Browne.
(d) Tony Blair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Eddo-Lodge agonize over including an interview with in this book, as she stated in the Preface?

2. What work by Lee Mun Wah does Eddo-Lodge mention in the Preface as touching to her?

3. What did the sign that Robert Relf put outside his house for sale in 1976 say?

4. What legal requirement in the U.K. adoption process did David Cameron remove in 2012?

5. What is Eddo-Lodge's opinion about color-blindess?

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