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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 engaging in religious activities.
(c) By trying to tear it to pieces.
(d) By singing.

2. How are police expected to act in many towns and communities, according to Menakem?
(a) Like soldiers.
(b) Like religious leaders.
(c) Like friends.
(d) Like teachers.

3. Which of the following is settling a body explicitly NOT the same thing as, according to Menakem?
(a) Healing.
(b) Staying fit.
(c) Engaging with community.
(d) Teaching.

4. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?
(a) Fires.
(b) Loud noises.
(c) Chronic stress.
(d) Repeated images of guns.

5. How many opposing forces does Menakem say a person will notice in attempting to mend trauma?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the largest part of the soul nerve travel?

2. What takes a huge toll on the bodies of law enforcement officials?

3. What does a settled body do, as explained by Menakem in Chapter 8?

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

5. Why does Menakem say that Officer Soppeland shot a motorcyclist in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does active listening involve?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What advice does Menakem give to leaders in police departments or units at the end of Chapter 17?

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

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