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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 177 - 233).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who controlled nearly all the colonized territory in what would become the United States in the late 1600s?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

2. What traumatic historical event does Menakem ask the reader to look up online in Chapter 16?
(a) The Tulsa Race Massacre.
(b) The massacre at Mai Lai.
(c) The Duluth lynchings.
(d) Bloody Sunday.

3. What is another name for code words that are racially related?
(a) Slurs.
(b) Euphemisms.
(c) Dog whistles.
(d) Epithets.

4. What do all adults need to learn how to do, according to Menakem?
(a) Think critically.
(b) Soothe and anchor themselves.
(c) Read.
(d) Be good neighbors.

5. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?
(a) Rock her body or hum.
(b) Read.
(c) Run.
(d) Garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a person heals historical and intergenerational trauma?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?

3. What part of the body does most human behavior involve, according to Menakem?

4. Why do the police tackle Menakem's nephew in Chapter 8?

5. What is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?

(see the answer key)

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