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

2. Where did Menakem's grandmother grow up?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What does Menakem say is happening in America in 2017 early in Part I?
(a) It is tearing itself apart.
(b) It is flourishing.
(c) It is undergoing a large migration.
(d) It is dying.

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

5. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?
(a) Garden.
(b) Read.
(c) Rock her body or hum.
(d) Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concepts were invented in the seventeenth century?

2. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?

3. What kind of energy might a person feel in the early stages of healing?

4. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?

5. What sometimes happen when one chooses dirty pain over clean pain?

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