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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 177 - 233).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a settled body do, as explained by Menakem in Chapter 8?
(a) Helps other bodies it encounters to settle as well.
(b) Helps other bodies escalate.
(c) Finds a way to make it to the lowest point.
(d) Finds a way to read more deeply.

2. Who did Menakem once co-host a radio show with in Minneapolis?
(a) Keith Ellison.
(b) Ta-Nahisi Coates.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Hedly Jackson.

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

4. What is never a valid excuse for murder, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
(a) I was scared.
(b) Someone threatened me to do it.
(c) I had low blood sugar.
(d) I had been traumatized.

5. Which of the following forms does the pain of white progressives sometimes take, according to Menakem?
(a) White flight.
(b) White heartache.
(c) White suspicion.
(d) White guilt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is settling a body explicitly NOT the same thing as, according to Menakem?

3. What exercise does Menakem suggest for white readers at the end of Chapter 7?

4. Why did Officer Betty Shelby say she shot Terence Crutcher?

5. What kind of routine does Menakem offer advice to help a person run in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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