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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 kind of Jew is Iris' father according to the book's description of her family?
(a) Hasidic.
(b) Fervent.
(c) Non-practicing.
(d) Orthodox.

2. Who asked Coleman's family to encourage Coleman to do less well in a few classes?
(a) Nathan Henderson.
(b) A Jewish doctor.
(c) Coleman's aunt.
(d) Steena.

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

4. Who is Coleman with when he runs into Steena six years after their first love affair?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Amanda.
(c) No one.
(d) Iris.

5. What does Iris seem to believe about Coleman's heritage, just as so many others in his life have assumed?
(a) He is hiding something.
(b) He is a WASP.
(c) He is black.
(d) He is Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else did the person asking Coleman to do poorly in school say they would set up for Coleman?

2. Coleman is convinced that the false accusations against him _________ his wife.

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

4. What does Coleman tell Iris of his family and their history?

5. Who began molesting Faunia after her mother got remarried?

(see the answer key)

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