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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Coleman go to in order to complain about Farley and his behavior?
(a) The college president.
(b) Nathan.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) Delphine.

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

6. Who sent the letter to Coleman that reflected on how good he looked and how mature he seemed?
(a) Delphine.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Faunia.
(d) Steena.

7. Coleman's father believed that education was the more important thing in life, especially for a __________.
(a) Poor man.
(b) Black man.
(c) Dyslexic child.
(d) Boy.

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

9. 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.

10. Who calls up Coleman and forbids him from ever contacting the family again?
(a) Ernestine.
(b) Steena.
(c) Walt.
(d) His mother.

11. What does Faunia still have because she does not know what to do with them?
(a) A diary from when she was young.
(b) Her husband's medals.
(c) Her children's ashes.
(d) Her books.

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

13. Doc Chizner takes Coleman to a fight he is refereeing in ___________ in order to get Coleman to fight for another college.
(a) West Point.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Providence.
(d) Boston.

14. Who does Coleman Silk want to pen his story about the accusations at the school?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Delphine.
(c) Iris.
(d) Faunia.

15. How old is the woman that Coleman Silk is seeing after his wife's death?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. Iris' father never married her mother because he is highly distrustful of ____________.

2. To what college does Mr. Silk want his son, Coleman, to go when he is able to go to college?

3. What does Coleman think is helping him to feel younger and stronger, aside from Faunia?

4. Where does Coleman Silk's new young girlfriend live, according to Coleman's description?

5. Coleman tells the news that he is going to marry a white women to whom?

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