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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day she died, Iris was in perfect health aside from a __________ that would not leave her alone.
(a) Headache.
(b) Tumor.
(c) Chest pain.
(d) Stomach ache.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who sent the letter to Coleman that reflected on how good he looked and how mature he seemed?
(a) Delphine.
(b) Faunia.
(c) Steena.
(d) Nathan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coleman want to do with his life once he gets out of the military?

2. What caused Coleman Silk's wife to die during the investigation into the comments he made during a class?

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

4. As a result of the problem in the classroom, Coleman decides to return to the __________ and to resign as the dean.

5. How does Coleman Silk enlist when he signs up for the military branch he does?

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