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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Slipping the Punch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Coleman Silk call the two students who never seemed to be in class when he called roll?
(a) Bastards.
(b) Spooks.
(c) Rebels.
(d) Ghosts.

2. Coleman thinks the Iris has the wildest _____________ of anyone he has seen.
(a) Hands.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Ideas about life.
(d) Head of hair.

3. What does Coleman realize when he is trying to write his own story?
(a) It is too unbelievable.
(b) It is a useless effort.
(c) He can not be objective.
(d) He can not write well.

4. Who asked Coleman's family to encourage Coleman to do less well in a few classes?
(a) Coleman's aunt.
(b) Nathan Henderson.
(c) Steena.
(d) A Jewish doctor.

5. What does Coleman suffer for the first time upon his arrival at Howard College?
(a) Open discrimination.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Anxiety attacks.
(d) Poor grades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Iris also strongly opinionated about, which attracts Coleman's attention and affection?

2. What does Coleman sign on to buy from the farm in order to see Faunia every week?

3. Who calls up Coleman and forbids him from ever contacting the family again?

4. What is the profession of the woman with whom Coleman Silk is having an affair?

5. What does Coleman do when his father dies during the middle of his first semester at college?

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