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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 second step of moving through clean pain focused on?
(a) Staying in the here and now.
(b) Singing.
(c) Journaling.
(d) Dancing.

2. When has Menakem usually gotten most upset with his son Tezara?
(a) When his son has minimized racism.
(b) When his son has been disrespectful to his parents.
(c) When his son has put himself in danger.
(d) When his son does not do well in school.

3. When did Martin Luther King Jr. say an individual has really been able to start living at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) When he can advocate for his fellow neighbor.
(b) When he can love someone who does not look like him.
(c) When he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
(d) When he can feel free in a jail cell.

4. What is never a valid excuse for murder, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
(a) I was scared.
(b) Someone threatened me to do it.
(c) I had low blood sugar.
(d) I had been traumatized.

5. When should white people challenge others in conversations that are racially charged?
(a) When they hear someone say they will not ever hire a Black person to work for them.
(b) When they hear one of the five anchors.
(c) When they hear someone use the n-word.
(d) When they hear someone using a "dodge."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?

2. Which of the following does Menakem suggest as an action to help a white body feel more settled in the presence of Black bodies?

3. What is one way that Menakem says will not work to try to end white-body supremacy?

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

5. Why do the police tackle Menakem's nephew in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Menakem say about lynchings in general in Chapter 12 that might surprise many Americans?

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

3. What does Menakem write might happen when a white body learns to settle and manage itself?

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

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

6. What does active listening involve?

7. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem say police are often tasked with in communities?

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

9. What happens to Menakem's 15-year-old nephew in Chapter 8?

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

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