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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 did Coleman Silk call the two students who never seemed to be in class when he called roll?
(a) Spooks.
(b) Rebels.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Bastards.

2. What does Faunia have to do at her home in order to live without paying rent?
(a) Clean the bathrooms.
(b) Milk the cows.
(c) Submit to drug tests.
(d) Read one book.

3. Coleman's father believed that education was the more important thing in life, especially for a __________.
(a) Dyslexic child.
(b) Boy.
(c) Poor man.
(d) Black man.

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

5. What happened to the two children that Faunia left with when they left the abusive husband and father?
(a) They ran away.
(b) They died in a fire.
(c) The father got custody.
(d) They were taken by social services.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iris seem to believe about Coleman's heritage, just as so many others in his life have assumed?

2. Coleman tells the news that he is going to marry a white women to whom?

3. What does Coleman do when his father dies during the middle of his first semester at college?

4. One Saturday, Nathan comes over to find Coleman in his ________ and nothing else.

5. Who does Coleman Silk want to pen his story about the accusations at the school?

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