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

2. Who drove his motorcycle at high speed and was then pulled over and shot by a police officer in 2016?
(a) Matthew Hovland-Knase.
(b) Jim Brown.
(c) Henry Beade.
(d) Rowan Ferguson.

3. What is a common first step in the mending of trauma, as Menakem explains it in Chapter 13?
(a) Going to therapy.
(b) Singing.
(c) Journaling.
(d) Completing an action that was thwarted.

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

5. What do white women in America suffer from high rates of?
(a) Bowel disease.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Migranes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?

2. What did Menakem's grandmother used to whip he and his brothers with?

3. What does the comedian Jon Stewart say about law enforcement in the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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