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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 (Pages 57 - 116).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Bewildering.
(b) Angering.
(c) Savage.
(d) Heartbreaking.

3. Which archaic law gave the police in Britain the power to stop, search and arrest anyone they suspected might commit a crime and that the police often used in the 1970s?
(a) The 1902 Preemptive Act.
(b) The 1824 Vagrancy Act.
(c) The 1780 Clean Streets Act.
(d) The 1867 Minority Report Act.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose initial idea was a Black History Month in Britain?

2. Where did many Scottish men go to work as slave drivers during the years Britain had slaves working on its plantations?

3. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge write that structural racism in the U.K. is really about?

4. What important abolitionist group was established in the year 1787 in Britain?

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

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