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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 55).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What question about ancestors does Menakem ask readers to consider in Chapter 3?
(a) What will your ancestors tell you through meditation?
(b) When did your ancestors settle in America?
(c) When did your ancestors die?
(d) What did your ancestors do for a living?

3. How do many in American think of healing today?
(a) As impossible.
(b) As political.
(c) As unifying.
(d) As binary.

4. Where does trauma often spread?
(a) Through housing.
(b) Through flowers.
(c) Through trees.
(d) Through bodies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How can trauma be inherited, according to Menakem?

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

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

4. What is a crucial skill in regards to the mind/body connection, according to Menakem?

5. In the end of Chapter 3, what does Menakem say Blacks have developed over many years?

(see the answer key)

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