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

2. Where does the largest part of the soul nerve travel?
(a) Through the arm.
(b) Through the heart.
(c) Through the gut.
(d) Through the hair.

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

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

5. Who is Menakem's newphew that he mentions in Chapter 8?
(a) Rema.
(b) Ben.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Xavier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Officer Betty Shelby say she shot Terence Crutcher?

2. What is helpful after one experiences a stressful event, as Menakem explains the process in Chapter 13?

3. How many opposing forces does Menakem say a person will notice in attempting to mend trauma?

4. What does Menakem say it is not the job of Black people to do for white people in Chapter 15?

5. When has Menakem usually gotten most upset with his son Tezara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does active listening involve?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is one of the hardest parts of healing trauma, according to Menakem in Chapter 12?

8. Why does Bryan, Menakem's friend, call him so shaken in Chapter 8?

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

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

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