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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) Indian students.
(b) White students.
(c) Black students.
(d) Asian students.

2. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?
(a) The police beating of an unarmed Black man.
(b) The police shooting of Douglas Rabar.
(c) The police force's Operation Swamp.
(d) The police beating of a young Black woman.

3. What racist comment did Jessica's mother make about her father that upset her?
(a) A comment about her father's accent.
(b) A comment about her father's cooking skills.
(c) A comment about her father's lack of intelligence.
(d) A comment about the large size of Jessica's father's penis.

4. In 1982, where did John Fernandes work?
(a) Kilburn Polytechnic.
(b) The Brixton Police Department.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Herrod's Department Store.

5. 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?
(a) 15%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of group or place do some people seek to be able to talk about living under the weight of racism with like-minded people?

2. Where was Jessican's father originally from?

3. Which American sports organization announced measures to address the lack of Black managers in the sport in 2002?

4. Which transportation company did Guy Bailey interview with in 1965?

5. When did Eddo-Lodge begin to think about Black British history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?

2. Why did John Fernandes stop teaching at the Police College in 1982?

3. 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?

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

5. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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