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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. In Chapter 6, which child's death affected Menakem very significantly?
(a) Michael Brown's.
(b) Tamir Rice's.
(c) Tariq James's.
(d) Laquan McDonald's.

2. What is a crucial skill in regards to the mind/body connection, according to Menakem?
(a) Learning to check your eyesight.
(b) Contracting your muscles.
(c) Settling your body.
(d) Learning to sing correctly.

3. What does Menakem's own mother sometimes comment about, which frustrates him, regarding race?
(a) The size of people's feet.
(b) The color of people's eyes.
(c) The skin tone of others, in terms of lightness or darkness.
(d) The height of Black people in comparison to white people.

4. What is one shortcut the lizard brain uses to decide how a body will react to another body, according to Menakem?
(a) How closely does a body match mine?
(b) How does this body smell compared to mine?
(c) How much cleaner does a body look than mine?
(d) How ill does this body look compared to mine?

5. What is the title of Barbara Tuchman's book?
(a) Man in the Mirror Way.
(b) Dark Mirror.
(c) Underground Mirror.
(d) A Distant Mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are trauma and other adverse childhood events associated with?

2. What is the first step in healing when trauma is present, according to Menakem?

3. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?

4. Who wrote "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking"?

5. What does one do by healing his own trauma?

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