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

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

3. Which of the following will NOT help the body discharge excess energy, according to Menakem?
(a) Running.
(b) Doing yoga.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Playing tennis.

4. What device does Menakem advise people to use to help learn to settle the body?
(a) A container of modeling clay.
(b) A fidget spinner.
(c) A balancing bird.
(d) An abacus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second step of moving through clean pain focused on?

3. Who is Menakem's newphew that he mentions in Chapter 8?

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

5. Who shot Philando Castile?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Menakem think Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile?

2. What did Menakem's grandmother often do to comfort herself in times of stress?

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

4. What does active listening involve?

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

6. What are three things everyone working in American law enforcement need to hear, according to Menakem?

7. What does confronting white-skin privilege involve, according to Menakem?

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

9. What are some activities specifically for Black bodies that can help them harmonize with other Black bodies, according to Menakem?

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

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