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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following were lynchings NOT in the year 1920 in America?
(a) Aberrations.
(b) Celebratory events, for some involved.
(c) Widespread.
(d) Legal.

2. When should white people challenge others in conversations that are racially charged?
(a) When they hear someone using a "dodge."
(b) When they hear one of the five anchors.
(c) When they hear someone use the n-word.
(d) When they hear someone say they will not ever hire a Black person to work for them.

3. What is one way that Menakem says will not work to try to end white-body supremacy?
(a) By singing.
(b) By engaging in religious activities.
(c) By trying to tear it to pieces.
(d) By helping law enforcement officials.

4. What is most police training, according to Menakem?
(a) Non-verbal.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Verbal.
(d) Tactical.

5. What does writer Nikki Giovanni say happens when you do not understand yourself in her quote in Chapter 9?
(a) You will never be at peace.
(b) You can never be in love.
(c) You will always be stressed.
(d) Then you do not know anybody else.

6. What is another name for code words that are racially related?
(a) Epithets.
(b) Dog whistles.
(c) Euphemisms.
(d) Slurs.

7. Why does Menakem write that people often visit him for therapy?
(a) To make jokes with him.
(b) To look at his books.
(c) To see his fish tank.
(d) To be with his settled, regulated nervous system.

8. Where did Menakem's grandmother grow up?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Missouri.

9. Healing does not occur in which of the following?
(a) A light room.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Darkness.
(d) A vacuum.

10. Which of the following will NOT help the body discharge excess energy, according to Menakem?
(a) Doing yoga.
(b) Running.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Swimming.

11. What did Officer Soppeland do immediately after shooting Matthew Hovland-Knase?
(a) He sped away in his car.
(b) He froze and could not do anything.
(c) He flagged down a passerby to call 911.
(d) He got a first aid kit and started administering medical aid.

12. What do we all need to do if we are to live full, meaningful lives, according to Menakem in Chapter 16?
(a) Learn to advocate for those who are not like us.
(b) Confess to our failings.
(c) Grow up.
(d) Find our soul mate.

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

14. What does Menakem advocate adding to one's life in Chapter 17 to improve it?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) More cheese.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Softness.

15. What do all adults need to learn how to do, according to Menakem?
(a) Read.
(b) Soothe and anchor themselves.
(c) Be good neighbors.
(d) Think critically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some aspects of life that can unsettle our bodies?

2. What is one way for Black people to mend their own hearts, as Menakem explains it in the end of Chapter 15?

3. How many opposing forces does Menakem say a person will notice in attempting to mend trauma?

4. Where did Menakem lead a series of training sessions while he was writing this book?

5. What does Menakem's brother do for a living?

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