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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?
(a) The Griffin Act.
(b) The Commonwealth Immigrants Act.
(c) The Lord Haw-Haw Act.
(d) The Windrush Generation Act.

2. 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) Indian people.
(b) White people.
(c) Asian people.
(d) African and African Caribbean people.

3. Which slave ship's image did abolitionist William Elford publish in 1788?
(a) The Brooks.
(b) The Windrush.
(c) The Sandy Waves.
(d) The Eton.

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

5. What year was the decision from the inquest on Stephen Lawrence's death announced?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term Eddo-Lodge uses throughout the book that expresses the idea of actively trying to increase racial diversity across the public and private sectors in the U.K.?

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

3. About how many Black 16- to 24-year-olds were out of work in the U.K. in 2012?

4. 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?

5. Where was Jessican's father originally from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Preface, what specific group of white people does Eddo-Lodge write that she does not want to talk to about race any longer?

2. What did the judge in the Stephen Lawrence case say when two men were eventually convicted of killing him 19 years after his murder?

3. What reason did the Crown Prosecution Service give to account for not prosecuting any suspects in the Stephen Lawrence case?

4. How does Eddo-Lodge define white privilege, and what qualifier does she attach to it?

5. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?

6. How does Eddo-Lodge use the phrase "people of color" in her book?

7. What happened after Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 that Eddo-Lodge mentions at the end of Part I?

8. Where were almost all of Britain's slaves brought to work in the 1700s and 1800s?

9. Why was the SS Empire Windrush significant in the history of racism in Britain?

10. What does Eddo-Lodge argue the U.S. struggle against racism has done to the British struggle against racism?

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