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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. Coleman is __________, one of the first professors on the school's staff to be so.
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Jewish.
(d) German.

2. Coleman saw Delphine as an intelligent, if over-___________ young woman when he hired her.
(a) Eager.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Sexualized.
(d) Educated.

3. Where does Coleman sit when he overhears a racy conversation between some men?
(a) In the library.
(b) A bench.
(c) A restaurant table.
(d) A bar.

4. Who sings a traditional Jewish prayer at the cemetery when they are burying Coleman?
(a) Michael.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Mark.
(d) Lisa.

5. Lisa also heard that Coleman's requests caused Faunia to _____________.
(a) Leave the school.
(b) Attempt suicide.
(c) Have a nervous breakdown.
(d) Kill her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Les is at the "therapy session" trip with the other veterans, he thinks he should _____________.

2. Who does Coleman feel he can be himself around when he is dating her?

3. Delphine is horrified she will be a laughingstock at the college and back home in __________.

4. Whose funeral comes first in the ending part of this story?

5. Lester never comes out and asks Nathan about the subject of his __________.

(see the answer key)

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