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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 do all adults need to learn how to do, according to Menakem?
(a) Be good neighbors.
(b) Read.
(c) Think critically.
(d) Soothe and anchor themselves.

2. In the end of Chapter 17, what does Menakem tell the reader s/he has the power to do, above all?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Transform other people's lives.
(d) Heal.

3. What should leaders in law enforcement do two to three times a year for their staff, according to Menakem?
(a) Bring in healers.
(b) Bring in puppies.
(c) Bring in singers.
(d) Bring in clowns.

4. Which of the following were lynchings NOT in the year 1920 in America?
(a) Widespread.
(b) Celebratory events, for some involved.
(c) Aberrations.
(d) Legal.

5. What do oppressed people often do in regard to the trauma-based values and strategies of their oppressors?
(a) Internalize them.
(b) Re-write them.
(c) Respect them.
(d) Rebel against them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when a person heals historical and intergenerational trauma?

3. What is the name of Menakem's own son?

4. What is the first step in healing when trauma is present, according to Menakem?

5. What does one do by healing his own trauma?

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