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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 are some aspects of life that can unsettle our bodies?
(a) Reading a horror story.
(b) Public discourse, media, and policing.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Singing the wrong notes in church.

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

3. What do white bodies often desire to do in relation to Black bodies, according to Menakem?
(a) Assimilate with Black ones.
(b) Accept Black ones.
(c) Dominate, control, and brutalize Black ones.
(d) Separate from Black ones.

4. What happens when people experience repeated trauma over long periods?
(a) They can no longer learn or keep going to school.
(b) They become overweight.
(c) Stress hormones are released in their bodies.
(d) They often have heart attacks.

5. What part of the body does most human behavior involve, according to Menakem?
(a) The heart.
(b) The soul nerve.
(c) The nose.
(d) The eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary task of event organizers, planners, leaders, or speakers, according to Menakem?

2. What is helpful after one experiences a stressful event, as Menakem explains the process in Chapter 13?

3. In which book does Ta-Nahisi Coates discuss the long-standing destruction of the Black body in America?

4. What does Menakem's brother tell him so many cops are told repeatedly that leads to tragic outcomes?

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

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