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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. What did Coleman Silk do first as a boy when he went to Newark Boys Club in his neighborhood?
(a) Play hoops.
(b) Run.
(c) Hide and read.
(d) Box.

2. The ____________ do not like Delphine and so they do not include her in their circle.
(a) Staff.
(b) Women.
(c) Students.
(d) Men.

3. What is Iris also strongly opinionated about, which attracts Coleman's attention and affection?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Racism.
(d) Literature.

4. Faunia's father is told that a personal item of Faunia's will be destroyed as he does not need the ________ associated with reading it.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Pain.
(d) Joy.

5. Faunia decides that she and the animal are now ___________, even though the animal might hurt her.
(a) Engaged.
(b) Friends.
(c) Equals.
(d) Lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Coleman's family to encourage Coleman to do less well in a few classes?

2. On the day she died, Iris was in perfect health aside from a __________ that would not leave her alone.

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

4. Coleman says he will end the ___________ if it means saving his relationship with his children.

5. When Delphine writes the second letter to Coleman, how does she sign it?

(see the answer key)

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