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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 Silk receive that tells him that others know about his affair with a younger woman?
(a) An envelope of pictures.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) An email.
(d) A letter in the mail.

2. What does Ellie point out to Coleman when he reveals his racial heritage with her?
(a) She already knew.
(b) The other black men she knows who are passing.
(c) She doesn't care.
(d) She is black.

3. What happened to the two children that Faunia left with when they left the abusive husband and father?
(a) They died in a fire.
(b) The father got custody.
(c) They were taken by social services.
(d) They ran away.

4. ____________ was also an abstract painter and a poet.
(a) Faunia.
(b) Coleman.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Iris.

5. Who is the young woman from the Midwest that Coleman meets when he is in school?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Steena.
(c) Julie.
(d) Iris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleman thinks the Iris has the wildest _____________ of anyone he has seen.

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

3. What ended up bringing Iris and Coleman closer together during their marriage?

4. What kind of Jew is Iris' father according to the book's description of her family?

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

(see the answer key)

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