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

2. Who does Coleman call from the pay phone that he finds in the student union building?
(a) Faunia.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Ernestine.

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

4. Which of Coleman's children never believed the story about his dead parents, even though the other children did?
(a) John.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Lisa.

5. Iris' father never married her mother because he is highly distrustful of ____________.
(a) The government.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Papers you have to sign.
(d) Iris' mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Coleman suffer quite often when he was young because of his name and to what it could refer?

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

3. How does Coleman Silk enlist when he signs up for the military branch he does?

4. What does Ellie point out to Coleman when he reveals his racial heritage with her?

5. Delphine was visited by a __________ student who complained that Coleman had called her a derogatory name.

(see the answer key)

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