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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 wrote Killing the Black Body?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Hedly Frable.
(c) Dorothy Roberts.
(d) Ta-Nahisi Coates.

2. What is the second step of moving through clean pain focused on?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Staying in the here and now.
(d) Journaling.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?
(a) Having been taught that Black people are inferior.
(b) Having been hypnotized.
(c) Low blood sugar.
(d) Lizard-brain panic.

4. What does Menakem caution the reader about in regards to the physical activities he outlines?
(a) Not to skip them.
(b) To do at least ten per day.
(c) Not to get frustrated if they do not work.
(d) To do them outside.

5. How can trauma be inherited, according to Menakem?
(a) Through genes.
(b) Through church teachings.
(c) Through food.
(d) Through the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sometimes happen when one chooses dirty pain over clean pain?

2. What is one shortcut the lizard brain uses to decide how a body will react to another body, according to Menakem?

3. Where does trauma often spread?

4. Who wrote the essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"?

5. What does Menakem say police officers do not have to choose between?

(see the answer key)

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