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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 57 - 109).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does vicarious trauma involve?
(a) Thinking about trauma.
(b) Watching someone else be traumatized.
(c) Reading about trauma.
(d) Watching a movie about trauma.

2. What is race, according to Menakem in the start of Chapter 5?
(a) An obstacle.
(b) A myth.
(c) A tool of the ruling class.
(d) A hope.

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

4. Who controlled nearly all the colonized territory in what would become the United States in the late 1600s?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Britain.
(d) Spain.

5. What does Menakem's own mother sometimes comment about, which frustrates him, regarding race?
(a) The skin tone of others, in terms of lightness or darkness.
(b) The height of Black people in comparison to white people.
(c) The color of people's eyes.
(d) The size of people's feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT necessary in order for one to do great harm, according to Charles Blow?

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

3. What part of our brain is similar to that of birds and lizards?

4. What are two characteristics of resilience?

5. What does Menakem caution the reader about in regards to the physical activities he outlines?

(see the answer key)

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