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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 of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?
(a) Finding a cat or dog to adopt.
(b) Belly breathing, buzzing, and/or slow rocking.
(c) Playing a sport.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

2. Why does Menakem say that Officer Soppeland shot a motorcyclist in Chapter 8?
(a) His blood sugar was low.
(b) He had just experienced a high-stress situation and his lizard brain was acting.
(c) He was tired.
(d) He wanted to see how it felt to shoot someone.

3. Which of the following does Menakem suggest as an action to help a white body feel more settled in the presence of Black bodies?
(a) Sing in a choir.
(b) Cook some recipes from the Black southern American tradition.
(c) Take a hip hop dance class.
(d) Join a gym with a clientele of mixed ethnicities.

4. What does Menakem call his list of the particular steps of moving through clean pain?
(a) The five anchors.
(b) The nine beings.
(c) The eight truths.
(d) The six steps.

5. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?
(a) The fingers.
(b) The thinking brain.
(c) The feet.
(d) The hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should leaders in law enforcement do two to three times a year for their staff, according to Menakem?

2. What are some aspects of life that can unsettle our bodies?

3. What does Menakem say in Chapter 17 that police officers do NOT have a free pass to do?

4. What does writer Nikki Giovanni say happens when you do not understand yourself in her quote in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does a settled body matter so much, according to Menakem?

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

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

6. When would Menakem's grandmother sometimes whip him?

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

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

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

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

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