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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 caused Coleman Silk's wife to die during the investigation into the comments he made during a class?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Broken heart.
(d) Stroke.

2. What did the person asking for Coleman to do poorly in school offer to help his mother?
(a) A new car.
(b) A paid off mortgage.
(c) A charge nurse position.
(d) A new kitchen.

3. Who does Coleman go to in order to complain about Farley and his behavior?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Delphine.
(c) The college president.
(d) Nathan.

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

5. What would happen if Coleman decided to do poorly in a few classes?
(a) He would get a new house.
(b) He could go to Harvard.
(c) The other family's son would be valedictorian.
(d) He would fail out of school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Faunia have to do at her home in order to live without paying rent?

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

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

5. ____________ was also an abstract painter and a poet.

(see the answer key)

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