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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. Coleman Silk was a professor of _________ and Latin at the college.
(a) Spanish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

2. What else did the person asking Coleman to do poorly in school say they would set up for Coleman?
(a) $3000 for college.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A college acceptance letter.
(d) A job.

3. What is the profession of the man who taught boxing at the Boys Club?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

4. Coleman is not moved by his mother's pleas for change, believing _______________.
(a) He is doing what is right for him.
(b) Iris would not like his mom.
(c) She is too selfish.
(d) She is racist.

5. Doc Chizner takes Coleman to a fight he is refereeing in ___________ in order to get Coleman to fight for another college.
(a) Providence.
(b) West Point.
(c) Boston.
(d) Memphis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the two children that Faunia left with when they left the abusive husband and father?

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

3. What did the person asking for Coleman to do poorly in school offer to help his mother?

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

5. What does Ellie point out to Coleman when he reveals his racial heritage with her?

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