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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 111 - 175).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What exercise does Menakem suggest for white readers at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Recalling an incident in which they lost a job.
(b) Recalling an incident in which they have asked a Black body to comfort or protect them.
(c) Recalling an incident in which they misinterpreted a micro-aggression.
(d) Recalling an incident in which they uneccesarily called the police.

2. Which years defined the New-Crow Era?
(a) 1865 through 1955.
(b) 1700 through 1895.
(c) 1900 through 1965.
(d) 1966 through the present.

3. What is one main message behind micro-aggressions?
(a) The person receiving them is not important.
(b) The person receiving them is of a higher class than the person asserting them.
(c) The person asserting them is not important.
(d) The person receiving them is of a lower class than the person asserting them.

4. What device does Menakem advise people to use to help learn to settle the body?
(a) A container of modeling clay.
(b) An abacus.
(c) A fidget spinner.
(d) A balancing bird.

5. What do white women in America suffer from high rates of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Bowel disease.
(d) Migranes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the police tackle Menakem's nephew in Chapter 8?

2. Who wrote the essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"?

3. What does Menakem often tell people about resilience?

4. Which years defined the Enslavement Era?

5. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?

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