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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 Menakem often tell people about resilience?
(a) It is not easy to learn.
(b) It is a flow.
(c) It is very easy to learn.
(d) It is an attribute.

2. How does the police body see Black bodies, according to Menakem?
(a) As too strong.
(b) As too weak.
(c) As dangerous and disruptive.
(d) As neutral.

3. Who shot Philando Castile?
(a) Officer Jeronimo Yanez.
(b) Officer Henley Bowen.
(c) Officer Heletia Brown.
(d) Officer John Riley.

4. What does Menakem ask Black readers to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Recall an incident when they misinterpreted a micro-aggression.
(b) Recall an incident when they felt most comfortable at work.
(c) Recall an incident when they lost a job.
(d) Recall an incident when they first thought a white body might want comfort or protection from them.

5. Which years defined the Jim Crow Era?
(a) 1820 through 1925.
(b) 1877 through 1965.
(c) 1600 through 1850.
(d) 1700 through 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Menakem say his book presents some profound opportunities for?

2. What is the title of Barbara Tuchman's book?

3. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?

4. What is one way that Menakem says will not work to try to end white-body supremacy?

5. How does Menakem define trauma in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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