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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. Which of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?
(a) Finding a cat or dog to adopt.
(b) Belly breathing, buzzing, and/or slow rocking.
(c) Drinking alcohol.
(d) Playing a sport.

2. Which form of white fragility does Robin DiAngelo describe in an excerpt in Chapter 7?
(a) A strong aversion to promoting Black people in the workplace.
(b) A strong aversion to eating food cooked by Black people.
(c) A strong defensive response whenever a white body is challenged on the subject of race and equity.
(d) A strong aversion to repealing laws that keep Black people at a disadvantage.

3. What does Menakem say his book presents some profound opportunities for?
(a) Finality.
(b) Healing and growth.
(c) Transformation.
(d) Learning math.

4. What did Menakem's grandmother used to whip he and his brothers with?
(a) A belt.
(b) A piece of twine.
(c) A willow switch.
(d) A riding crop.

5. Which of the following were lynchings NOT in the year 1920 in America?
(a) Legal.
(b) Widespread.
(c) Celebratory events, for some involved.
(d) Aberrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a settled body do, as explained by Menakem in Chapter 8?

2. What are few skills more essential than in Chapter 11, according to Menakem?

3. What are two characteristics of resilience?

4. What did Officer Soppeland do immediately after shooting Matthew Hovland-Knase?

5. Who was crushed to death under a pile of rocks over a period of two days in 1692 in Salem?

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