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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 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. Richard Breeze.
(d) Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw.

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

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

4. Which city had been the site of Britain's largest slave port?
(a) Blackpool.
(b) London.
(c) Hartfordshire.
(d) Liverpool.

5. Which American sports organization announced measures to address the lack of Black managers in the sport in 2002?
(a) The National Tennis League.
(b) The National Basketball Association.
(c) The National Hockey League.
(d) The National Football League.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Britain vote to leave the European Union?

3. Where was Dr. Harold Moody born?

4. According to Eddo-Lodge, what does racism bring with it along with a disempowerment for those affected by it?

5. Who were the highest proportion of U.K. students to receive the lowest possible college degree ranking between 2012 and 2013?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?

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

4. 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?

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

6. What was the significance of the word "mugging" in Britain in the 1970s?

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

8. In Chapter 3, what devastating question did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother when she was four years old about race?

9. Why does Eddo-Lodge view this book as a paradox of sorts?

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

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