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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. What is the truth about white bodies, according to Menakem in Chapter 15?
(a) They are less likely than Black bodies to become sunburned.
(b) They are newer than Black bodies.
(c) They are weak.
(d) They are resilient.

2. Healing does not occur in which of the following?
(a) A vacuum.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) A light room.
(d) Darkness.

3. 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 feel they are better.
(b) Make sure white people are always wealthier than blacks.
(c) Minimize the impact of racism in conversation.
(d) Soothe white people's lizard-brain fears of Black bodies.

4. Which friend of Menakem's is surprised by police mistreatment against him in Chapter 8?
(a) Ben.
(b) Bryan.
(c) Jeffery.
(d) Henry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?

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

3. Which of the following were lynchings NOT in the year 1920 in America?

4. Why did the police officer who killed Philando Castile say he felt in danger?

5. What are the practices that Menakem puts forward to the reader to help settle the body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does active listening involve?

2. What historical event does Menakem ask the reader to look at pictures of, and why, in Chapter 16?

3. What must one first choose to do in order to stop intergenerational and historical trauma in its tracks, according to Menakem?

4. What is a pernicious side effect of white-body supremacy, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?

5. What should white people do when they hear someone use a "dodge" during a racially charged conversation, according to Menakem?

6. Why does Lonnie Soppeland say he shot Matthew Hovland-Knase?

7. What does Menakem's brother, who is a police officer, tell him about his job in Chapter 17?

8. What does Menakem think about lizard-brain panic and use of force involving police officers?

9. What role does the soul nerve play in the body, according to Menakem?

10. What do white Americans and police officers have to do in the presence of Black bodies, according to Menakem?

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