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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following forms does the pain of white progressives sometimes take, according to Menakem?
(a) White flight.
(b) White guilt.
(c) White suspicion.
(d) White heartache.

2. What do white women in America suffer from high rates of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Migranes.
(d) Bowel disease.

3. What does Menakem call his list of the particular steps of moving through clean pain?
(a) The eight truths.
(b) The nine beings.
(c) The five anchors.
(d) The six steps.

4. Which friend of Menakem's is surprised by police mistreatment against him in Chapter 8?
(a) Jeffery.
(b) Bryan.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ben.

5. What do we all need to do if we are to live full, meaningful lives, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
(a) Find our soul mate.
(b) Confess to our failings.
(c) Grow up.
(d) Learn to advocate for those who are not like us.

6. 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 never be at peace.
(c) You will always be stressed.
(d) Then you do not know anybody else.

7. When should white people challenge others in conversations that are racially charged?
(a) When they hear someone using a "dodge."
(b) When they hear someone use the n-word.
(c) When they hear someone say they will not ever hire a Black person to work for them.
(d) When they hear one of the five anchors.

8. Who drove his motorcycle at high speed and was then pulled over and shot by a police officer in 2016?
(a) Matthew Hovland-Knase.
(b) Jim Brown.
(c) Henry Beade.
(d) Rowan Ferguson.

9. Who shot Philando Castile?
(a) Officer John Riley.
(b) Officer Heletia Brown.
(c) Officer Henley Bowen.
(d) Officer Jeronimo Yanez.

10. What is a common first step in the mending of trauma, as Menakem explains it in Chapter 13?
(a) Singing.
(b) Completing an action that was thwarted.
(c) Journaling.
(d) Going to therapy.

11. How does your body feel when the soul nerve is functioning well?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Constricted.
(c) Relaxed, open and settled.
(d) Sunburned.

12. How does Menakem define trauma in Chapter 8?
(a) As a problem that can not be solved.
(b) As anything the body perceives as too much, too fast, or too soon.
(c) As a fight to engage in with others.
(d) As unfinished business.

13. In the end of Chapter 17, what does Menakem tell the reader s/he has the power to do, above all?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Heal.
(d) Transform other people's lives.

14. What does Menakem say it is not the job of Black people to do for white people in Chapter 15?
(a) Soothe white people's lizard-brain fears of Black bodies.
(b) Make sure white people feel they are better.
(c) Minimize the impact of racism in conversation.
(d) Make sure white people are always wealthier than blacks.

15. What is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?
(a) Staying in the here and now.
(b) Discharging any energy remaining.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What device does Menakem advise people to use to help learn to settle the body?

2. What takes a huge toll on the bodies of law enforcement officials?

3. Why do the police tackle Menakem's nephew in Chapter 8?

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

5. What does Menakem's brother do for a living?

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