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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 does Coleman want to do with his life once he gets out of the military?
(a) Go back to boxing.
(b) Get married.
(c) Become a banker.
(d) Become a poet.

2. The best time Faunia and Lester had together was when they were arguing and ended up _____________.
(a) Throwing manure at each other.
(b) Kissing.
(c) Breaking the stable horse.
(d) Making love in the hay.

3. What does Coleman do when his father dies during the middle of his first semester at college?
(a) Joins the Air Force.
(b) Joins the Army.
(c) Joins the Navy.
(d) Joins the Marines.

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

5. What does Faunia have to do at her home in order to live without paying rent?
(a) Clean the bathrooms.
(b) Submit to drug tests.
(c) Milk the cows.
(d) Read one book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Coleman Silk do first as a boy when he went to Newark Boys Club in his neighborhood?

2. Coleman and Iris married more out of convenience and companionship than out of _________.

3. What is the favorite piece of literature of Coleman's father, according to the book?

4. ____________ was also an abstract painter and a poet.

5. Doc Chizner takes Coleman to a fight he is refereeing in ___________ in order to get Coleman to fight for another college.

(see the answer key)

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