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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 are police expected to act in many towns and communities, according to Menakem?
(a) Like religious leaders.
(b) Like friends.
(c) Like soldiers.
(d) Like teachers.

2. Where did Menakem lead a series of training sessions while he was writing this book?
(a) Minneapolis Police Department.
(b) The Fraternal Order Association.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) The Museum Organization of America.

3. According to James Baldwin, when is the power of the white world threatened?
(a) When Black people gain better access to education.
(b) When a Black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
(c) When Black people gain more wealth.
(d) When a white person accepts that Black people are equal.

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

5. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?
(a) It was advanced by the Puritans.
(b) It was mandated by law.
(c) It was spectator sport.
(d) It was a trademark of the royal family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a crucial skill in regards to the mind/body connection, according to Menakem?

2. What does vicarious trauma involve?

3. Which years defined the Native American Decimation and European Colony Era?

4. What does Menakem ask Black readers to do at the end of Chapter 7?

5. At the very end of Chapter 7, what does Menakem remind white people that whiteness does NOT equal?

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