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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 does Menakem say is happening in America in 2017 early in Part I?
(a) It is flourishing.
(b) It is tearing itself apart.
(c) It is undergoing a large migration.
(d) It is dying.

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

3. What does Menakem's mother tell him about his grandmother's feet?
(a) They have been broken many times.
(b) They helped his grandmother swim well.
(c) They are the toughest part of his grandmother's body.
(d) They are also callused from picking cotton.

4. What are two characteristics of resilience?
(a) It is often sinister.
(b) It is often intrinsic and learned.
(c) It is often underrated.
(d) It is often hard to define.

5. What happens when people experience repeated trauma over long periods?
(a) Stress hormones are released in their bodies.
(b) They become overweight.
(c) They often have heart attacks.
(d) They can no longer learn or keep going to school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are trauma and other adverse childhood events associated with?

3. Who did Menakem once co-host a radio show with in Minneapolis?

4. What does Menakem often tell people about resilience?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Menakem say the white body sees itself?

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