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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. What does writer Nikki Giovanni say happens when you do not understand yourself in her quote in Chapter 9?
(a) You can never be in love.
(b) You will always be stressed.
(c) Then you do not know anybody else.
(d) You will never be at peace.

2. What question about ancestors does Menakem ask readers to consider in Chapter 3?
(a) What will your ancestors tell you through meditation?
(b) When did your ancestors settle in America?
(c) What did your ancestors do for a living?
(d) When did your ancestors die?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?
(a) Having been hypnotized.
(b) Low blood sugar.
(c) Lizard-brain panic.
(d) Having been taught that Black people are inferior.

4. What is the first step in healing when trauma is present, according to Menakem?
(a) Setting out meditative practices.
(b) Educating someone on what trauma actually is.
(c) Finding a partner.
(d) Helping someone learn to cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kinds of pain are there, according to Menakem?

2. What are some aspects of life that can unsettle our bodies?

3. What do elders provide for the next generation?

4. What are trauma and other adverse childhood events associated with?

5. What did Marian Wright Edelman say one is obligated to do?

(see the answer key)

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