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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the largest part of the soul nerve travel?
(a) Through the gut.
(b) Through the arm.
(c) Through the heart.
(d) Through the hair.

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

3. What is helpful after one experiences a stressful event, as Menakem explains the process in Chapter 13?
(a) Cooking a meal.
(b) Talking to someone who is an active listener.
(c) Buying things.
(d) Playing golf.

4. What does Menakem's brother do for a living?
(a) He is a police officer.
(b) He is an architect.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a doctor.

5. How many opposing forces does Menakem say a person will notice in attempting to mend trauma?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

6. What kind of torture from the Middle Ages does Menakem evoke in Chapter 16?
(a) Being electrocuted.
(b) Being pulled apart on the rack.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Drawing and Quartering.

7. What are few skills more essential than in Chapter 11, according to Menakem?
(a) Writing.
(b) Staying fit.
(c) Learning to settle your body.
(d) Finding food.

8. What does Menakem say in Chapter 17 that police officers do NOT have a free pass to do?
(a) Fire someone.
(b) Harm someone.
(c) Assume someone is guilty.
(d) Assume someone is innocent.

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

10. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?
(a) Having been hypnotized.
(b) Lizard-brain panic.
(c) Having been taught that Black people are inferior.
(d) Low blood sugar.

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

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

13. What creature does Menakem use in an example of a hypothetical brutal act in the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A groundhog.
(d) A bird.

14. Why does Menakem say that Officer Soppeland shot a motorcyclist in Chapter 8?
(a) He had just experienced a high-stress situation and his lizard brain was acting.
(b) He wanted to see how it felt to shoot someone.
(c) His blood sugar was low.
(d) He was tired.

15. Which of the following are body practices to do with those people we know and trust?
(a) Participate in a fundraiser.
(b) Go to a nightclub.
(c) Go swimming.
(d) Take a silent walk together and keep footsteps in sync.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Menakem define trauma in Chapter 8?

3. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?

4. Where did Menakem lead a series of training sessions while he was writing this book?

5. When did Martin Luther King Jr. say an individual has really been able to start living at the beginning of Chapter 14?

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