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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of routine does Menakem offer advice to help a person run in Chapter 11?
(a) A teaching routine.
(b) A thinking routine.
(c) A growth routine.
(d) A healing routine.

3. Which of the following forms does the pain of white progressives sometimes take, according to Menakem?
(a) White flight.
(b) White guilt.
(c) White suspicion.
(d) White heartache.

4. What would Menakem's grandmother frequently do to try to comfort herself?
(a) Garden.
(b) Read.
(c) Run.
(d) Rock her body or hum.

5. What are the practices that Menakem puts forward to the reader to help settle the body?
(a) Ways to better connect with a partner.
(b) Final chances.
(c) Work-arounds to prevent actually having to do the work of healing.
(d) Nourishment as well as medicine.

6. What does Menakem's brother tell him so many cops are told repeatedly that leads to tragic outcomes?
(a) Find a way to survive at all costs.
(b) You need to protect your fellow officers above all else.
(c) Assume most people are armed and dangerous.
(d) Hesitation will get an officer killed.

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

8. What is one area where the soul nerve does not connect to?
(a) The thinking brain.
(b) The feet.
(c) The fingers.
(d) The hair.

9. How many opposing forces does Menakem say a person will notice in attempting to mend trauma?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. How does your body feel when the soul nerve is functioning well?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Relaxed, open and settled.
(c) Sunburned.
(d) Constricted.

11. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?
(a) Having been taught that Black people are inferior.
(b) Low blood sugar.
(c) Having been hypnotized.
(d) Lizard-brain panic.

12. What does Menakem's brother do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a police officer.
(c) He is an architect.
(d) He is a doctor.

13. Why do the police tackle Menakem's nephew in Chapter 8?
(a) They say he had a gun.
(b) They say they just saw him mug someone.
(c) They say he was running away from them.
(d) They say he looks like a robbery suspect.

14. What creature does Menakem use in an example of a hypothetical brutal act in the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) A groundhog.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A bird.

15. Which of the following are activities Menakem suggests to get the soul nerve functioning the way it should?
(a) Belly breathing, buzzing, and/or slow rocking.
(b) Playing a sport.
(c) Finding a cat or dog to adopt.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is life full of, according to Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah's quote in Chapter 12?

2. Where did Menakem spend a lot of time with his brothers when he was little?

3. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?

4. Who drove his motorcycle at high speed and was then pulled over and shot by a police officer in 2016?

5. How does Menakem define trauma in Chapter 8?

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