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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. Delphine carries the letter in her purse for months before visiting _______ one afternoon.
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Boston.

2. Where does Coleman enroll after his service in the military?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Boston College.
(c) West Point.
(d) NYU.

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

4. What does Coleman tell Iris of his family and their history?
(a) He says he is an orphan.
(b) He reveals their racial background.
(c) He says they want him to marry a Jewish girl.
(d) He says they have disowned him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleman Silk was a professor of _________ and Latin at the college.

2. What is the favorite piece of literature of Coleman's father, according to the book?

3. Delphine thinks that Coleman is just ________________ Faunia in their relationship.

4. Coleman is __________, one of the first professors on the school's staff to be so.

5. When Delphine writes the second letter to Coleman, how does she sign it?

(see the answer key)

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