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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. Where was Dr. Harold Moody born?
(a) Kingston, Jamaica.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. What legal requirement in the U.K. adoption process did David Cameron remove in 2012?
(a) For adoptions to only be allowed to married, heterosexual couples.
(b) For local authorities to consider a child's racial, cultural and linguistic background during the adoption process.
(c) For prospective parents to have a certain income threshold.
(d) For adoptions to only be allowed to parents living in major U.K. cities.

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

4. What is Eddo-Lodge's opinion about color-blindess?
(a) It is the most preferable approach to addressing racism.
(b) It is a childish, stunted analysis of racism.
(c) The approach works best in well-established democratic nations.
(d) The approach works best in the developing world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Eddo-Lodge agonize over including an interview with in this book, as she stated in the Preface?

2. What did the sign that Robert Relf put outside his house for sale in 1976 say?

3. Which magazine published an editorial on the rise of mixed-race Britain in 2014?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is structural racism often so difficult to hold to account, according to Eddo-Lodge?

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

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

4. Why was Guy Bailey's rejection for a job at the British Omnibus Company significant?

5. What did the police do to Cherry Groce in 1985?

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

9. 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?

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

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