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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 is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?

2. In which state were more white people lynched than Black people?

3. What traumatic historical event does Menakem ask the reader to look up online in Chapter 16?

4. What is one way that Menakem says will not work to try to end white-body supremacy?

5. What do all adults need to learn how to do, according to Menakem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some activities specifically for Black bodies that can help them harmonize with other Black bodies, according to Menakem?

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

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

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

5. Why does Menakem think Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile?

6. What did Menakem's grandmother often do to comfort herself in times of stress?

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

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

9. What are three things everyone working in American law enforcement need to hear, according to Menakem?

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

How does trauma spread between bodies, "like a contagious disease," according to Menakem (37)? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between white-body supremacy and the police body, according to Menakem? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support 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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