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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was crushed to death under a pile of rocks over a period of two days in 1692 in Salem?
(a) Biddy Rowan.
(b) Winston Hughes.
(c) Giles Gorey.
(d) Biddy Jane.

2. Besides trauma, what do humans sometimes pass from generation to generation?
(a) Resilience.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Haughtiness.
(d) Happiness.

3. According to James Baldwin, when is the power of the white world threatened?
(a) When a white person accepts that Black people are equal.
(b) When Black people gain better access to education.
(c) When a Black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
(d) When Black people gain more wealth.

4. Where does white-body supremacy live, according to Menakem?
(a) In the air.
(b) In our bodies as well as our brains.
(c) In the textbooks.
(d) In the graveyards.

5. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?
(a) It was advanced by the Puritans.
(b) It was spectator sport.
(c) It was mandated by law.
(d) It was a trademark of the royal family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which years defined the Jim Crow Era?

2. What does Menakem say his book presents some profound opportunities for?

3. What is a crucial skill in regards to the mind/body connection, according to Menakem?

4. What are two characteristics of resilience?

5. Who wrote "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are micro-aggressions?

2. Why will some people never be able to see Black bodies as "unarmed," according to Menakem?

3. What does our "lizard brain" mostly account for, according to Menakem?

4. What do scientists think about how stress in a pregnant woman can affect her unborn child?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Menakem's mother sometimes say about skin color that aggravates him?

6. What historical factor does Menakem argue white-body supremacy in America is linked to?

7. How does Menakem define the Jim Crow era?

8. What happens regarding the transfer of trauma in Chapter 3, according to Menakem?

9. What benefit does one healing one's individual trauma have?

10. How does Menakem react to the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice?

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