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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which years defined the Native American Decimation and European Colony Era?

2. What part of our brain is similar to that of birds and lizards?

3. Which years defined the New-Crow Era?

4. Which years defined the Jim Crow Era?

5. What does Menakem say every therapist will tell people about healing?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Menakem stop "honoring" white fragility in his own life?

2. What do healing and refusing to heal have in common, according to Menakem?

3. How did white Europeans treat each other centuries ago?

4. What are micro-aggressions?

5. What does our "lizard brain" mostly account for, according to Menakem?

6. In Chapter 5, what does Menakem's mother sometimes say about skin color that aggravates him?

7. What does Menakem remember about his grandmother's hands?

8. What do scientists think about how stress in a pregnant woman can affect her unborn child?

9. How does Menakem define the Jim Crow era?

10. What happens regarding the transfer of trauma in Chapter 3, according to Menakem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the five anchors to help a person move through so-called clean pain, according to Menakem? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Menakem mean by the phrase "lizard-brain panic," especially as it relates to the sometimes lethal use of force by police, particularly against Black bodies? Write an essay explaining your answers (122).

Essay Topic 3

How does Menakem explain the concept of a "soul wound," to the reader, and what are some was that soul wounds occur (10)? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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