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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Healing does not occur in which of the following?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Darkness.
(c) A light room.
(d) A vacuum.
2. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?
(a) Chronic stress.
(b) Fires.
(c) Loud noises.
(d) Repeated images of guns.
3. Why does Menakem write that people often visit him for therapy?
(a) To be with his settled, regulated nervous system.
(b) To make jokes with him.
(c) To look at his books.
(d) To see his fish tank.
4. How does your body feel when the soul nerve is functioning well?
(a) Constricted.
(b) Relaxed, open and settled.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Sunburned.
5. Where does the largest part of the soul nerve travel?
(a) Through the heart.
(b) Through the hair.
(c) Through the gut.
(d) Through the arm.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?
2. Why did Officer Betty Shelby say she shot Terence Crutcher?
3. What part of the body does most human behavior involve, according to Menakem?
4. What are few skills more essential than in Chapter 11, according to Menakem?
5. How many opposing forces does Menakem say a person will notice in attempting to mend trauma?
Short Essay Questions
1. What must one first choose to do in order to stop intergenerational and historical trauma in its tracks, according to Menakem?
2. What historical event does Menakem ask the reader to look at pictures of, and why, in Chapter 16?
3. What did Menakem's grandmother often do to comfort herself in times of stress?
4. When would Menakem's grandmother sometimes whip him?
5. Why does Menakem think Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile?
6. What are three things everyone working in American law enforcement need to hear, according to Menakem?
7. What does Menakem say about lynchings in general in Chapter 12 that might surprise many Americans?
8. What is one of the hardest parts of healing trauma, according to Menakem in Chapter 12?
9. What advice does Menakem give to leaders in police departments or units at the end of Chapter 17?
10. What is a pernicious side effect of white-body supremacy, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
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