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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Coleman Silk want to pen his story about the accusations at the school?
(a) Faunia.
(b) Iris.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Delphine.

2. What does Coleman think is helping him to feel younger and stronger, aside from Faunia?
(a) Viagra.
(b) Not being a Dean.
(c) The weed he's been smoking.
(d) Scotch.

3. Coleman and Iris married more out of convenience and companionship than out of _________.
(a) Desire.
(b) Passion.
(c) Necessity.
(d) Legality.

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

5. What does Faunia have to do at her home in order to live without paying rent?
(a) Read one book.
(b) Milk the cows.
(c) Clean the bathrooms.
(d) Submit to drug tests.

6. What does Iris seem to believe about Coleman's heritage, just as so many others in his life have assumed?
(a) He is Jewish.
(b) He is black.
(c) He is hiding something.
(d) He is a WASP.

7. Who does Coleman feel he can be himself around when he is dating her?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Iris.
(c) Steena.
(d) Faunia.

8. What happened to Nathan that caused him to live a life of celibacy?
(a) He realized he was gay.
(b) He become a monk.
(c) He had his prostate removed.
(d) His wife died.

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

10. Who began molesting Faunia after her mother got remarried?
(a) Her stepfather.
(b) Lester.
(c) Coleman.
(d) Nathan.

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

12. Who calls up Coleman and forbids him from ever contacting the family again?
(a) Walt.
(b) His mother.
(c) Ernestine.
(d) Steena.

13. What kind of Jew is Iris' father according to the book's description of her family?
(a) Hasidic.
(b) Orthodox.
(c) Fervent.
(d) Non-practicing.

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

15. Coleman Silk is also the first dean of __________ for the college who has the characteristic as the answer to #8.
(a) Faculty.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Honors Department.
(d) Admissions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the person asking for Coleman to do poorly in school offer to help his mother?

2. Coleman is not moved by his mother's pleas for change, believing _______________.

3. A lawyer tells Coleman that if he seeks out a _____________ for Faunia, then everyone will know of his and Faunia's relationship.

4. Where does Coleman Silk's new young girlfriend live, according to Coleman's description?

5. Where does Coleman walk after his tense and upsetting meeting with the lawyer, even though he has not done so for years?

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