View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?
(a) Loud noises.
(b) Chronic stress.
(c) Repeated images of guns.
(d) Fires.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are police expected to act in many towns and communities, according to Menakem?

2. Where did Menakem's grandmother grow up?

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

4. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?

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

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 does confronting white-skin privilege involve, according to Menakem?

3. What does active listening involve?

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

5. What does Menakem think about lizard-brain panic and use of force involving police officers?

6. What does Menakem write might happen when a white body learns to settle and manage itself?

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

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

9. What is one of the hardest parts of healing trauma, according to Menakem in Chapter 12?

10. What role does the soul nerve play in the body, according to Menakem?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 650 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample