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

2. What are two characteristics of resilience?
(a) It is often sinister.
(b) It is often underrated.
(c) It is often intrinsic and learned.
(d) It is often hard to define.

3. Why did the police officer who killed Philando Castile say he felt in danger?
(a) The officer was angry from something unrelated that had happened that day.
(b) The officer was tired.
(c) Castile had a gun in the car.
(d) The officer was feeling sick.

4. What is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?
(a) Staying in the here and now.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Discharging any energy remaining.
(d) Singing.

5. What is the name of Menakem's own son?
(a) Trayvon.
(b) Tezara.
(c) Tamir.
(d) Tariq.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe about the ultimate measure of a man?

2. Besides trauma, what do humans sometimes pass from generation to generation?

3. What kind of routine does Menakem offer advice to help a person run in Chapter 11?

4. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?

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

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