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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Coleman Silk enlist when he signs up for the military branch he does?
(a) As a white man.
(b) As a mixed race man.
(c) As a black man.
(d) As a gay man.

2. What did the person asking for Coleman to do poorly in school offer to help his mother?
(a) A new kitchen.
(b) A new car.
(c) A charge nurse position.
(d) A paid off mortgage.

3. What happened to Nathan that caused him to live a life of celibacy?
(a) He become a monk.
(b) He realized he was gay.
(c) He had his prostate removed.
(d) His wife died.

4. Coleman is a __________ skinned Jew, according to his own description.
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

5. What else did the person asking Coleman to do poorly in school say they would set up for Coleman?
(a) A college acceptance letter.
(b) $3000 for college.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A job.

6. What is the profession of the man who taught boxing at the Boys Club?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Doctor.

7. Where does Coleman enroll after his service in the military?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Boston College.
(c) West Point.
(d) NYU.

8. What is Iris also strongly opinionated about, which attracts Coleman's attention and affection?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Literature.
(d) Racism.

9. What did Coleman recognize in the words as he was trying to write his story without any help?
(a) Anger.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Happiness.

10. Coleman is not moved by his mother's pleas for change, believing _______________.
(a) She is racist.
(b) Iris would not like his mom.
(c) He is doing what is right for him.
(d) She is too selfish.

11. How many days does Coleman wait before seeing Faunia after the incident with her husband stalking her?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Eight.

12. What did Coleman Silk do first as a boy when he went to Newark Boys Club in his neighborhood?
(a) Run.
(b) Box.
(c) Play hoops.
(d) Hide and read.

13. What would happen if Coleman decided to do poorly in a few classes?
(a) He would fail out of school.
(b) He would get a new house.
(c) The other family's son would be valedictorian.
(d) He could go to Harvard.

14. At what college did Coleman Silk teach before his hasty departure from the college?
(a) Boston University.
(b) Athena College.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard College.

15. A lawyer tells Coleman that if he seeks out a _____________ for Faunia, then everyone will know of his and Faunia's relationship.
(a) Marriage dissolution.
(b) Trial.
(c) Annulment.
(d) Restraining order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faunia still have because she does not know what to do with them?

2. Coleman realizes that if he had taken the more _________ Steena to his house, things might have gone better.

3. Who is Coleman with when he runs into Steena six years after their first love affair?

4. On the day she died, Iris was in perfect health aside from a __________ that would not leave her alone.

5. What kind of school did Coleman's father attend which led to his owning his own shop?

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