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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What is one way for Black people to mend their own hearts, as Menakem explains it in the end of Chapter 15?
(a) To observe themselves carefully and notice when and how white-body supremacy operates inside them.
(b) To go back to school.
(c) To write.
(d) To participate in activism.

6. 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.

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

8. 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 rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
(b) When he can feel free in a jail cell.
(c) When he can advocate for his fellow neighbor.
(d) When he can love someone who does not look like him.

9. What takes a huge toll on the bodies of law enforcement officials?
(a) White-body supremacy.
(b) Running too hard.
(c) Lack of sleep.
(d) Eating badly.

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

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

12. Why did Officer Betty Shelby say she shot Terence Crutcher?
(a) She was scared she was going to die.
(b) Her partner told her he did not have a gun and he felt threatened.
(c) She thought he had robbed a bank.
(d) Her partner told her Crutcher looked guilty.

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

14. Where did Menakem spend a lot of time with his brothers when he was little?
(a) His aunt's house.
(b) His uncle's house.
(c) His grandmother's house.
(d) His sister's house.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Menakem say police officers do not have to choose between?

2. When should white people challenge others in conversations that are racially charged?

3. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?

4. Where does the largest part of the soul nerve travel?

5. What part of the body does most human behavior involve, according to Menakem?

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