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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, What Do You Do with the Kid Who Can't Read?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Lester Farley already tried to get help after his service in the military?
(a) VA.
(b) A shrink.
(c) His family doctor.
(d) AARP.

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

3. What is the phrase that Coleman uses with the lawyer which confuses the lawyer?
(a) Spook.
(b) Dark soul.
(c) Lily-white face.
(d) Blackie.

4. What does Coleman tell Iris of his family and their history?
(a) He reveals their racial background.
(b) He says they have disowned him.
(c) He says they want him to marry a Jewish girl.
(d) He says he is an orphan.

5. Where does Coleman walk after his tense and upsetting meeting with the lawyer, even though he has not done so for years?
(a) The school.
(b) The football field.
(c) The track field.
(d) The dairy farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Coleman suffer quite often when he was young because of his name and to what it could refer?

2. ______ accuses Coleman of being sexually attracted to Lisa and that it is an inappropriate attraction.

3. Who does Coleman blame for throwing out all his parent's belongings when he was overseas (at least in the story he tells his children)?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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