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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 111 - 175).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Officer Soppeland do immediately after shooting Matthew Hovland-Knase?
(a) He got a first aid kit and started administering medical aid.
(b) He flagged down a passerby to call 911.
(c) He froze and could not do anything.
(d) He sped away in his car.

2. What is one main message behind micro-aggressions?
(a) The person receiving them is not important.
(b) The person receiving them is of a lower class than the person asserting them.
(c) The person receiving them is of a higher class than the person asserting them.
(d) The person asserting them is not important.

3. In Chapter 2, how does Menakem say the white body sees itself?
(a) As fragile and vulnerable.
(b) As happy.
(c) As invulnerable.
(d) As sad.

4. How does Menakem end each chapter?
(a) With lyrics from a different song.
(b) With the same line about fighting oppression.
(c) With a haiku.
(d) With a bullet list titled Re-memberings.

5. Which of the following is an impervious myth created by white-body supremacy about the Black body?
(a) The Black body is dangerous and threatening.
(b) The Black body is built to swim faster than the white body.
(c) The Black body is worth more than the white body.
(d) The Black body is built to perform sports better than the white body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do therapists working with couples often discover?

2. How are police expected to act in many towns and communities, according to Menakem?

3. Which years defined the Jim Crow Era?

4. What did the initial invention of race require, according to Menakem?

5. What are the practices that Menakem puts forward to the reader to help settle the body?

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