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

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

3. Besides trauma, what do humans sometimes pass from generation to generation?
(a) Suspicion.
(b) Haughtiness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Resilience.

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

5. What does Menakem caution the reader about in regards to the physical activities he outlines?
(a) Not to skip them.
(b) To do them outside.
(c) Not to get frustrated if they do not work.
(d) To do at least ten per day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Menakem hope to help people with in respect to their bodies throughout the book, as he outlines it in Chapter 2?

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

3. How many kinds of pain are there, according to Menakem?

4. Who wrote Killing the Black Body?

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

(see the answer key)

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