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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. Where does Coleman Silk's new young girlfriend live, according to Coleman's description?
(a) A dairy farm.
(b) With her mentor.
(c) In the city.
(d) At a halfway home.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleman Silk is also the first dean of __________ for the college who has the characteristic as the answer to #8.

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

3. Who is the young woman from the Midwest that Coleman meets when he is in school?

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

5. What happened to Nathan that caused him to live a life of celibacy?

(see the answer key)

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