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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Menakem end each chapter?
(a) With the same line about fighting oppression.
(b) With a haiku.
(c) With a bullet list titled Re-memberings.
(d) With lyrics from a different song.

2. How does Menakem define trauma in Chapter 8?
(a) As a fight to engage in with others.
(b) As unfinished business.
(c) As a problem that can not be solved.
(d) As anything the body perceives as too much, too fast, or too soon.

3. What is another name for code words that are racially related?
(a) Epithets.
(b) Euphemisms.
(c) Slurs.
(d) Dog whistles.

4. Which friend of Menakem's is surprised by police mistreatment against him in Chapter 8?
(a) Jeffery.
(b) Henry.
(c) Ben.
(d) Bryan.

5. Who did Malcolm X once say the future belongs to?
(a) The progressives.
(b) Those who prepare for it today.
(c) The poor.
(d) The Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a reprieve space?

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

3. According to Toni Morrison's quote in Chapter 4, racism is which of the following?

4. What is the truth about white bodies, according to Menakem in Chapter 15?

5. What part of our brain is similar to that of birds and lizards?

(see the answer key)

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