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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coleman realizes that if he had taken the more _________ Steena to his house, things might have gone better.
(a) Mature.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Open.

2. ____________ was also an abstract painter and a poet.
(a) Iris.
(b) Faunia.
(c) Coleman.
(d) Nathan.

3. A lawyer tells Coleman that if he seeks out a _____________ for Faunia, then everyone will know of his and Faunia's relationship.
(a) Annulment.
(b) Trial.
(c) Restraining order.
(d) Marriage dissolution.

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

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

6. One Saturday, Nathan comes over to find Coleman in his ________ and nothing else.
(a) Shorts.
(b) Undershirt.
(c) Socks.
(d) Shoes.

7. What did Coleman Silk do first as a boy when he went to Newark Boys Club in his neighborhood?
(a) Run.
(b) Play hoops.
(c) Box.
(d) Hide and read.

8. To what college does Mr. Silk want his son, Coleman, to go when he is able to go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Howard.
(d) Athena.

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

10. What is the profession of the woman with whom Coleman Silk is having an affair?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Cleaning woman.

11. What did Coleman Silk call the two students who never seemed to be in class when he called roll?
(a) Rebels.
(b) Bastards.
(c) Spooks.
(d) Ghosts.

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

13. At what college did Coleman Silk teach before his hasty departure from the college?
(a) Athena College.
(b) Harvard College.
(c) Yale.
(d) Boston University.

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

15. Coleman is __________, one of the first professors on the school's staff to be so.
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) German.
(d) Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the day she died, Iris was in perfect health aside from a __________ that would not leave her alone.

2. Coleman is convinced that the false accusations against him _________ his wife.

3. Who does Coleman Silk want to pen his story about the accusations at the school?

4. The best time Faunia and Lester had together was when they were arguing and ended up _____________.

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

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