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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization did Rachel Fleming found in 1927?
(a) The Pediatric Society for All British Children.
(b) The Liverpool Association for the Welfare of Half-Caste Children.
(c) The Keys and Club Society.
(d) The White People Freeing Black People Society.

2. What was Britain's first race-relations act, The Race Relations Act, passed?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1948.

3. Which magazine published an editorial on the rise of mixed-race Britain in 2014?
(a) The Economist.
(b) The Evening Herald.
(c) The Guardian.
(d) The Statesman.

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

5. 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) No Blacks, Dogs, or Irish.
(c) Go Away Non-Whites.
(d) Will Shoot any Trespassers.

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

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

8. Who first coined the phrase "white privilege"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Theodore W. Allen.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

9. 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) Teddy boys.
(c) Flagrant boys.
(d) Redneck boys.

10. A 2009 report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found that what percentage of all Black men living in Britain were on the National DNA Database?
(a) 50%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 30%.

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

12. Which transportation company did Guy Bailey interview with in 1965?
(a) British Rail and Road.
(b) The Marshall Organization.
(c) Bristol Omnibus Company.
(d) The Brixton Bus Company.

13. What did Stephen Lawrence's case teach Eddo-Lodge?
(a) There are some parts of town that are safer than others.
(b) Public transport is perilous for Black people in Britain.
(c) It is smart to record interactions with the police.
(d) There are occasions when the police cannot be trusted to act fairly.

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

15. How does Eddo-Lodge define white privilege?
(a) An absence of the negative consequences of racism.
(b) A n entrenched result of centuries of colonial rule.
(c) An unconscious bias that there is little means to address.
(d) A searing anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Martin Luther King Jr. write a famous letter from a jail cell in in 1963?

2. Who was the judge who served the sentence in the murder trial of Stephen Lawrence?

3. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?

4. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?

5. What does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she spends most of her time doing now, despite her blog post in 2014 stating she would do the opposite?

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