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

2. In the end of Chapter 3, what does Menakem say Blacks have developed over many years?
(a) Good eyesight.
(b) Thick emotional skin in many senses.
(c) High blood pressure.
(d) Larger muscles.

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

4. What does Menakem call his list of the particular steps of moving through clean pain?
(a) The six steps.
(b) The nine beings.
(c) The eight truths.
(d) The five anchors.

5. What is the first step in healing when trauma is present, according to Menakem?
(a) Helping someone learn to cook.
(b) Educating someone on what trauma actually is.
(c) Finding a partner.
(d) Setting out meditative practices.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do police officers need to retrain their bodies to do, according to Menakem in Chapter 9?

3. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?

4. Why is white-body supremacy so intractable?

5. Why does Menakem write that people often visit him for therapy?

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