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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, What Do You Do with the Kid Who Can't Read?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Coleman blame for throwing out all his parent's belongings when he was overseas (at least in the story he tells his children)?
(a) The funeral home.
(b) Landlord.
(c) The police.
(d) His sister.

2. What does Coleman do when his father dies during the middle of his first semester at college?
(a) Joins the Marines.
(b) Joins the Air Force.
(c) Joins the Army.
(d) Joins the Navy.

3. How many days does Coleman wait before seeing Faunia after the incident with her husband stalking her?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Eight.

4. Faunia often imagines she is a ___________ stuck in a human body, and she admires this animal.
(a) Tiger.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Cat.
(d) Crow.

5. Delphine was visited by a __________ student who complained that Coleman had called her a derogatory name.
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Iris once told Coleman that it was the _________ that bothered her most about a friend's husband troubles.

2. Whose scandal are the three men near Coleman discussing, one that involved an older man and a younger woman?

3. Coleman is a __________ skinned Jew, according to his own description.

4. Which of Coleman's children never believed the story about his dead parents, even though the other children did?

5. Who is Coleman with when he runs into Steena six years after their first love affair?

(see the answer key)

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