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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. Who were the highest proportion of U.K. students to receive the lowest possible college degree ranking between 2012 and 2013?
(a) Asian students.
(b) White students.
(c) Indian students.
(d) Black students.

2. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?
(a) East Asia.
(b) The Caribbean.
(c) Eastern Europe.
(d) The Micronesian Islands.

3. How many years after Stephen Lawrence's death were two men found guilty of his murder?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 30.

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

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?
(a) Watching movies.
(b) Baking cakes.
(c) Volunteering.
(d) Talking to white people about race.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Metropolitan Police Commissioner did Stephen Lawrence's family demand the resignation of in 1998?

3. Who is one white person Eddo-Lodge identifies as thinking about race as much as Eddo-Lodge herself does?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the idea of "color-blindness?"

3. How does Eddo-Lodge view the idea of telling ourselves and our children that we are all equal?

4. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the issue of responsibility and white privilege?

5. Why does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she has to be very careful about entering into conversation about race with defiant white people?

6. Why did so many people react negatively to MP Diane Abbott's tweet about race in 2012?

7. What is racism often confused with, and what is the difference between the two, according to Eddo-Lodge?

8. How does Eddo-Lodge describe a safe space?

9. What do many people continue to insist about the opportunities afforded to Black people in Britain, despite devastating statistics proving their life changes are hindered?

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

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