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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. How does your body feel when the soul nerve is functioning well?

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

3. What are few skills more essential than in Chapter 11, according to Menakem?

4. Healing does not occur in which of the following?

5. What does Menakem say police officers do not have to choose between?

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. Why does a settled body matter so much, according to Menakem?

3. What does active listening involve?

4. What advice does Menakem give to leaders in police departments or units at the end of Chapter 17?

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

6. Why does Lonnie Soppeland say he shot Matthew Hovland-Knase?

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

8. What does Menakem say about lynchings in general in Chapter 12 that might surprise many Americans?

9. What must one first choose to do in order to stop intergenerational and historical trauma in its tracks, according to Menakem?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the harm done to society and to the cause of racial justice by the persistence of what Menakem calls the "false fragility of the white body" (97)? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are the five anchors to help a person move through so-called clean pain, according to Menakem? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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