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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 shot Philando Castile?
(a) Officer Heletia Brown.
(b) Officer John Riley.
(c) Officer Jeronimo Yanez.
(d) Officer Henley Bowen.

2. Where did Menakem spend a lot of time with his brothers when he was little?
(a) His aunt's house.
(b) His grandmother's house.
(c) His uncle's house.
(d) His sister's house.

3. Who wrote the essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"?
(a) Jonathan Capeheart.
(b) Brent Staples.
(c) Charles Blow.
(d) Ta-Nahisi Coates.

4. Healing does not occur in which of the following?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Darkness.
(c) A light room.
(d) A vacuum.

5. What should leaders in law enforcement do two to three times a year for their staff, according to Menakem?
(a) Bring in healers.
(b) Bring in puppies.
(c) Bring in singers.
(d) Bring in clowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do oppressed people often do in regard to the trauma-based values and strategies of their oppressors?

2. What does Menakem's own mother sometimes comment about, which frustrates him, regarding race?

3. Which of the following is trauma NOT, according to Menakem in Chapter 5?

4. What do white women in America suffer from high rates of?

5. What does the comedian Jon Stewart say about law enforcement in the beginning of Chapter 17?

(see the answer key)

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