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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. What exercise does Menakem suggest for white readers at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Recalling an incident in which they have asked a Black body to comfort or protect them.
(b) Recalling an incident in which they uneccesarily called the police.
(c) Recalling an incident in which they lost a job.
(d) Recalling an incident in which they misinterpreted a micro-aggression.

2. 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.

3. What do therapists working with couples often discover?
(a) Both partners have had physical fights in the past.
(b) One partner has an eating disorder.
(c) One partner has unhealed trauma.
(d) One partner has spent time in jail.

4. Where does white-body supremacy live, according to Menakem?
(a) In the air.
(b) In our bodies as well as our brains.
(c) In the textbooks.
(d) In the graveyards.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?

3. What does Menakem's mother tell him about his grandmother's feet?

4. What does an embedded trauma response in the body manifest itself as?

5. What does Menakem say his book presents some profound opportunities for?

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