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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Coleman suffer quite often when he was young because of his name and to what it could refer?
(a) Mistaken identity.
(b) Paternalism.
(c) Bullying.
(d) Racism.

3. What is the favorite piece of literature of Coleman's father, according to the book?
(a) Othello.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

4. How old is the woman that Coleman Silk is seeing after his wife's death?
(a) 22.
(b) 34.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.

5. Coleman is convinced that the false accusations against him _________ his wife.
(a) Drove away.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Killed.
(d) Soiled the good name of.

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

7. What does Coleman find out about Faunia that she admits to, but does not want to do anything about?
(a) She is a drug addict.
(b) She is illiterate.
(c) She has a new identity.
(d) She is an alcoholic.

8. What does Coleman want to do with his life once he gets out of the military?
(a) Get married.
(b) Become a poet.
(c) Become a banker.
(d) Go back to boxing.

9. What does Coleman suffer for the first time upon his arrival at Howard College?
(a) Anxiety attacks.
(b) Poor grades.
(c) Open discrimination.
(d) Beatings.

10. What does Coleman do when his father dies during the middle of his first semester at college?
(a) Joins the Air Force.
(b) Joins the Marines.
(c) Joins the Army.
(d) Joins the Navy.

11. What did Coleman recognize in the words as he was trying to write his story without any help?
(a) Anger.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Innocence.

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

13. Who asked Coleman's family to encourage Coleman to do less well in a few classes?
(a) A Jewish doctor.
(b) Nathan Henderson.
(c) Steena.
(d) Coleman's aunt.

14. What does Faunia still have because she does not know what to do with them?
(a) Her husband's medals.
(b) A diary from when she was young.
(c) Her children's ashes.
(d) Her books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Iris also strongly opinionated about, which attracts Coleman's attention and affection?

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

3. To what college does Mr. Silk want his son, Coleman, to go when he is able to go to college?

4. Iris' father never married her mother because he is highly distrustful of ____________.

5. What is the phrase that Coleman uses with the lawyer which confuses the lawyer?

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