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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. How many kinds of pain are there, according to Menakem?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

2. Who did Menakem once co-host a radio show with in Minneapolis?
(a) Hedly Jackson.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Ta-Nahisi Coates.
(d) Keith Ellison.

3. What does an embedded trauma response in the body manifest itself as?
(a) A sleeping response.
(b) A running response.
(c) Flight, flee, or freeze.
(d) A non-specific hormonal response.

4. How can trauma be inherited, according to Menakem?
(a) Through church teachings.
(b) Through food.
(c) Through genes.
(d) Through the trees.

5. What does Menakem often tell people about resilience?
(a) It is not easy to learn.
(b) It is very easy to learn.
(c) It is a flow.
(d) It is an attribute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Black body see the white body?

3. Who wrote Killing the Black Body?

4. How does Menakem end each chapter?

5. What are two characteristics of resilience?

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