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

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

3. How does the Black body see the white body?
(a) Sad.
(b) Unpredictable.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Privileged, controlling, and dangerous.

4. What does the comedian Jon Stewart say about law enforcement in the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) You can have great regard for law enforcement and still want them to be held to high standards.
(b) There are good and bad police officers.
(c) Police officers need serious retraining.
(d) Police officers should have to get to know everyone on their beat.

5. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?
(a) Django Unchained.
(b) 12 Years a Slave.
(c) The Invisibles.
(d) Star Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?

2. Where does white-body supremacy live, according to Menakem?

3. Who was crushed to death under a pile of rocks over a period of two days in 1692 in Salem?

4. What is a common first step in the mending of trauma, as Menakem explains it in Chapter 13?

5. What question about ancestors does Menakem ask readers to consider in Chapter 3?

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