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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Toni Morrison's quote in Chapter 4, racism is which of the following?
(a) A sin.
(b) An inevitability.
(c) A financial incentive.
(d) A construct.

2. Which years defined the New-Crow Era?
(a) 1865 through 1955.
(b) 1700 through 1895.
(c) 1966 through the present.
(d) 1900 through 1965.

3. How does the police body see Black bodies, according to Menakem?
(a) As dangerous and disruptive.
(b) As neutral.
(c) As too weak.
(d) As too strong.

4. At the very end of Chapter 7, what does Menakem remind white people that whiteness does NOT equal?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Dominance.
(c) Fragility.
(d) Condescension.

5. What does Menakem ask Black readers to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Recall an incident when they lost a job.
(b) Recall an incident when they felt most comfortable at work.
(c) Recall an incident when they misinterpreted a micro-aggression.
(d) Recall an incident when they first thought a white body might want comfort or protection from them.

6. 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 color of people's eyes.
(c) The height of Black people in comparison to white people.
(d) The size of people's feet.

7. Which of the following is NOT necessary in order for one to do great harm, according to Charles Blow?
(a) Operating in concert.
(b) Operating in solitude.
(c) Operating with religious motivations.
(d) Operating with great malice.

8. Where does trauma often spread?
(a) Through bodies.
(b) Through trees.
(c) Through housing.
(d) Through flowers.

9. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?
(a) The Invisibles.
(b) Django Unchained.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) 12 Years a Slave.

10. How do many in American think of healing today?
(a) As unifying.
(b) As impossible.
(c) As binary.
(d) As political.

11. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?
(a) Helen Steller.
(b) Fabrizio Charen.
(c) Vin Marlowe.
(d) Nancy Van Dyken.

12. What does Bomani Jones's quote beginning Chapter 6 say?
(a) Voting is more important to Black people as owning land.
(b) Black people are often thought of as being invulnerable to pain.
(c) Black people's very bodies are viewed as weapons.
(d) This country does not like Black people very much.

13. In Chapter 6, which child's death affected Menakem very significantly?
(a) Michael Brown's.
(b) Laquan McDonald's.
(c) Tamir Rice's.
(d) Tariq James's.

14. In the end of Chapter 3, what does Menakem say Blacks have developed over many years?
(a) Thick emotional skin in many senses.
(b) Larger muscles.
(c) High blood pressure.
(d) Good eyesight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concepts were invented in the seventeenth century?

2. How does Menakem describe many of the English who fled to America in the 1600s?

3. What did the initial invention of race require, according to Menakem?

4. What do white bodies often desire to do in relation to Black bodies, according to Menakem?

5. What do oppressed people often do in regard to the trauma-based values and strategies of their oppressors?

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