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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Purifying Ritual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doc Chizner tells Coleman not to tell the coach that he is __________ as this might hurt Coleman's chances of the scholarship.
(a) Black.
(b) Inexperienced.
(c) Jewish.
(d) A boxer.

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

3. Lester never comes out and asks Nathan about the subject of his __________.
(a) Visit.
(b) Thesis.
(c) Book.
(d) Criminal investigation.

4. The best time Faunia and Lester had together was when they were arguing and ended up _____________.
(a) Making love in the hay.
(b) Throwing manure at each other.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Breaking the stable horse.

5. The investigation into Coleman's potential racist remark found him to be ______________.
(a) Guilty.
(b) A racist.
(c) Innocent.
(d) A liar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Coleman saw Delphine as an intelligent, if over-___________ young woman when he hired her.

3. What does Ernestine want to show Nathan when he comes to her home in East Orange?

4. What did Coleman recognize in the words as he was trying to write his story without any help?

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

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