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

2. Which of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?
(a) Finding a cat or dog to adopt.
(b) Belly breathing, buzzing, and/or slow rocking.
(c) Drinking alcohol.
(d) Playing a sport.

3. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?
(a) The Invisibles.
(b) 12 Years a Slave.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) Django Unchained.

4. Which of the following is trauma NOT, according to Menakem in Chapter 5?
(a) Difficult to deal with and process.
(b) Hurtful.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Often helped by therapy.

5. Who wrote the essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"?
(a) Charles Blow.
(b) Brent Staples.
(c) Ta-Nahisi Coates.
(d) Jonathan Capeheart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the police body see Black bodies, according to Menakem?

2. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?

3. What do white women in America suffer from high rates of?

4. Which of the following forms does the pain of white progressives sometimes take, according to Menakem?

5. How does Menakem describe many of the English who fled to America in the 1600s?

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