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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Martin Luther King Jr. say an individual has really been able to start living at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) When he can advocate for his fellow neighbor.
(b) When he can feel free in a jail cell.
(c) When he can love someone who does not look like him.
(d) When he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

3. Which of the following will NOT help the body discharge excess energy, according to Menakem?
(a) Doing yoga.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Running.
(d) Playing tennis.

4. Where does Menakem's brother live?
(a) Austin.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Monterey.
(d) Dallas.

5. What did Officer Soppeland do immediately after shooting Matthew Hovland-Knase?
(a) He sped away in his car.
(b) He froze and could not do anything.
(c) He flagged down a passerby to call 911.
(d) He got a first aid kit and started administering medical aid.

6. Why did the police officer who killed Philando Castile say he felt in danger?
(a) The officer was angry from something unrelated that had happened that day.
(b) The officer was tired.
(c) The officer was feeling sick.
(d) Castile had a gun in the car.

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

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

9. What happens when a person heals historical and intergenerational trauma?
(a) That person may achieve financial freedom.
(b) That person may now be able to achieve all her dreams.
(c) That person finds a way to write a new book.
(d) That person heals the people who came before her.

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

11. What should leaders in law enforcement do two to three times a year for their staff, according to Menakem?
(a) Bring in puppies.
(b) Bring in clowns.
(c) Bring in singers.
(d) Bring in healers.

12. Who is Menakem's newphew that he mentions in Chapter 8?
(a) Ben.
(b) Tariq.
(c) Rema.
(d) Xavier.

13. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?
(a) Rock her body or hum.
(b) Read.
(c) Run.
(d) Garden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the comedian Jon Stewart say about law enforcement in the beginning of Chapter 17?

2. What do we all need to do if we are to live full, meaningful lives, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?

3. Where did Menakem spend a lot of time with his brothers when he was little?

4. What is another name for code words that are racially related?

5. Which of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?

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