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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 does Menakem say police officers do not have to choose between?
2. Where does the largest part of the soul nerve travel?
3. Which of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?
4. Where did Menakem spend a lot of time with his brothers when he was little?
5. How does your body feel when the soul nerve is functioning well?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Menakem's brother, who is a police officer, tell him about his job in Chapter 17?
2. What are three things everyone working in American law enforcement need to hear, according to Menakem?
3. What did Menakem's grandmother often do to comfort herself in times of stress?
4. What is a pernicious side effect of white-body supremacy, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
5. Why does Bryan, Menakem's friend, call him so shaken in Chapter 8?
6. What does Menakem say about lynchings in general in Chapter 12 that might surprise many Americans?
7. Why does Lonnie Soppeland say he shot Matthew Hovland-Knase?
8. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem say police are often tasked with in communities?
9. What happens to Menakem's 15-year-old nephew in Chapter 8?
10. What does Menakem think about lizard-brain panic and use of force involving police officers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the effect of the false perception that Black skin, and Black bodies, are somehow less sensitive to pain and injury than white skin and white bodies, according to Menakem? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Menakem advise the reader to treat and engage with the body practices throughout this book, and why do you think he asks readers to do so? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does one come to experience "dirty pain," according to Menakem? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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