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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Purifying Ritual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of the men at the school want ___________ with Delphine, according to her own experiences.
(a) To cause trouble.
(b) To work with.
(c) Nothing to do.
(d) To sleep.

2. Ernestine does not hold Coleman's ___________ against him, though she thinks he could have been more open.
(a) Choices.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Lover.
(d) Skin color.

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

4. Delphine decides to write a ________ to appear in the New York Review of Books.
(a) Personal ad.
(b) Book review.
(c) Piece about Coleman's issues.
(d) Opinion piece.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the mean crows taken to once they were reported to be stealing from people?

2. What does Lester already know about Nathan? What does he know Nathan is doing?

3. Who is buried on the second day, after the funeral of another character?

4. Who is watching the crowd to see if the person who wrote the nasty posting to a message board is there?

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

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