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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Doc Chizner takes Coleman to a fight he is refereeing in ___________ in order to get Coleman to fight for another college.
(a) Memphis.
(b) West Point.
(c) Providence.
(d) Boston.

5. What caused Coleman Silk's wife to die during the investigation into the comments he made during a class?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Broken heart.

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 hiding something.
(c) He is black.
(d) He is a WASP.

7. What is Iris also strongly opinionated about, which attracts Coleman's attention and affection?
(a) Racism.
(b) Literature.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

8. Coleman is a __________ skinned Jew, according to his own description.
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

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

10. What is the phrase that Coleman uses with the lawyer which confuses the lawyer?
(a) Lily-white face.
(b) Dark soul.
(c) Blackie.
(d) Spook.

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

12. Who is Coleman with when he runs into Steena six years after their first love affair?
(a) No one.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Iris.
(d) Amanda.

13. Who is the young woman from the Midwest that Coleman meets when he is in school?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Steena.
(c) Julie.
(d) Iris.

14. Who does Coleman go to in order to complain about Farley and his behavior?
(a) The college president.
(b) Delphine.
(c) Nathan.
(d) A lawyer.

15. What is the profession of the man who taught boxing at the Boys Club?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Dentist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Coleman realizes that if he had taken the more _________ Steena to his house, things might have gone better.

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

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

5. What happened to Nathan that caused him to live a life of celibacy?

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