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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 237 - 309).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature does Menakem use in an example of a hypothetical brutal act in the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A bird.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A groundhog.

2. Who drove his motorcycle at high speed and was then pulled over and shot by a police officer in 2016?
(a) Henry Beade.
(b) Matthew Hovland-Knase.
(c) Jim Brown.
(d) Rowan Ferguson.

3. Which of the following does Menakem suggest as an action to help a white body feel more settled in the presence of Black bodies?
(a) Take a hip hop dance class.
(b) Cook some recipes from the Black southern American tradition.
(c) Join a gym with a clientele of mixed ethnicities.
(d) Sing in a choir.

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

5. What do white bodies often desire to do in relation to Black bodies, according to Menakem?
(a) Separate from Black ones.
(b) Dominate, control, and brutalize Black ones.
(c) Accept Black ones.
(d) Assimilate with Black ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marian Wright Edelman say one is obligated to do?

2. What is race, according to Menakem in the start of Chapter 5?

3. What does Menakem say it is not the job of Black people to do for white people in Chapter 15?

4. Which of the following is settling a body explicitly NOT the same thing as, according to Menakem?

5. What is intense activism for some people, according to Menakem?

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