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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 177 - 233).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?
(a) Loud noises.
(b) Fires.
(c) Chronic stress.
(d) Repeated images of guns.

2. Where did Menakem lead a series of training sessions while he was writing this book?
(a) The Museum Organization of America.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) The Fraternal Order Association.
(d) Minneapolis Police Department.

3. What do police officers need to retrain their bodies to do, according to Menakem in Chapter 9?
(a) Run well.
(b) Feel safe in the presence of Black bodies.
(c) Eat well.
(d) Sleep better.

4. Why is white-body supremacy so intractable?
(a) It is financially beneficial.
(b) It offers a sense of belonging to white bodies.
(c) It is seen as an intelligent way of thinking.
(d) It was taught in schools for years.

5. What is one shortcut the lizard brain uses to decide how a body will react to another body, according to Menakem?
(a) How does this body smell compared to mine?
(b) How ill does this body look compared to mine?
(c) How much cleaner does a body look than mine?
(d) How closely does a body match mine?

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Officer Betty Shelby say she shot Terence Crutcher?

2. In which state were more white people lynched than Black people?

3. What creature does Menakem use in an example of a hypothetical brutal act in the beginning of Chapter 16?

4. What is a common first step in the mending of trauma, as Menakem explains it in Chapter 13?

5. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?

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