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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. What do oppressed people often do in regard to the trauma-based values and strategies of their oppressors?

2. What do white bodies often desire to do in relation to Black bodies, according to Menakem?

3. How does the Black body see the white body?

4. What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe about the ultimate measure of a man?

5. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Menakem define the Jim Crow era?

2. What does Menakem include at the end of each chapter and why?

3. What did the English bring with them to America, according to Menakem in Chapter 4?

4. How does "the white body" often see itself, according to Menakem?

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

6. What benefit does one healing one's individual trauma have?

7. What do people often think of when they hear the phrase white supremacy, and what is the reality of the situation, according to Menakem?

8. How does Menakem react to the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice?

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

10. When does Menakem say our concepts of whiteness, Blackness, and race were invented?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Menakem describe microaggressions, and how does experiencing microaggressions affect many people of color in America? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does the news and the manner of Tamir Rice's death affect Menakem personally and professionally? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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