View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 237 - 309).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concepts were invented in the seventeenth century?
(a) Whiteness and Blackness.
(b) Right and wrong.
(c) Torture and Empathy.
(d) Sympathy and Elegance.

2. What does Menakem's own mother sometimes comment about, which frustrates him, regarding race?
(a) The skin tone of others, in terms of lightness or darkness.
(b) The height of Black people in comparison to white people.
(c) The size of people's feet.
(d) The color of people's eyes.

3. What is an action that Menakem claims can have a strong bonding and/or calming effect on people?
(a) Reading the same book.
(b) Washing each other's feet.
(c) Playing softball.
(d) Picking flowers.

4. What is life full of, according to Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah's quote in Chapter 12?
(a) Pain.
(b) Fun.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Suspicion.

5. What do we all need to do if we are to live full, meaningful lives, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
(a) Learn to advocate for those who are not like us.
(b) Confess to our failings.
(c) Grow up.
(d) Find our soul mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original intent of the "Don't Mess With Texas" campaign?

2. How are police expected to act in many towns and communities, according to Menakem?

3. What does Bomani Jones's quote beginning Chapter 6 say?

4. What is one way for Black people to mend their own hearts, as Menakem explains it in the end of Chapter 15?

5. What does Menakem's brother do for a living?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 318 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample