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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 57 - 109).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does unhealed trauma act like?
(a) A plague.
(b) A fire.
(c) A rock thrown into a pond.
(d) A tornado.

4. What is one main message behind micro-aggressions?
(a) The person receiving them is of a higher class than the person asserting them.
(b) The person asserting them is not important.
(c) The person receiving them is not important.
(d) The person receiving them is of a lower class than the person asserting them.

5. In Chapter 2, how does Menakem say the white body sees itself?
(a) As sad.
(b) As fragile and vulnerable.
(c) As happy.
(d) As invulnerable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Menakem say is happening in America in 2017 early in Part I?

2. Where does white-body supremacy live, according to Menakem?

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

4. What exercise does Menakem suggest for white readers at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?

(see the answer key)

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