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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which state were more white people lynched than Black people?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Florida.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) New Jersey.

2. What is most police training, according to Menakem?
(a) Non-verbal.
(b) Verbal.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Tactical.

3. Which of the following were lynchings NOT in the year 1920 in America?
(a) Celebratory events, for some involved.
(b) Aberrations.
(c) Widespread.
(d) Legal.

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

5. What is one way that Menakem says will not work to try to end white-body supremacy?
(a) By trying to tear it to pieces.
(b) By engaging in religious activities.
(c) By helping law enforcement officials.
(d) By singing.

6. Which of the following is settling a body explicitly NOT the same thing as, according to Menakem?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Staying fit.
(c) Engaging with community.
(d) Healing.

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

8. What kind of energy might a person feel in the early stages of healing?
(a) Settling.
(b) Implicit.
(c) Intrusive.
(d) Protective.

9. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?
(a) The fingers.
(b) The feet.
(c) The thinking brain.
(d) The hair.

10. 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 healers.
(d) Bring in singers.

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

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

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

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

15. How are police expected to act in many towns and communities, according to Menakem?
(a) Like religious leaders.
(b) Like soldiers.
(c) Like friends.
(d) Like teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a settled body do, as explained by Menakem in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. What are some aspects of life that can unsettle our bodies?

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

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