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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where has Lester Farley already tried to get help after his service in the military?
(a) A shrink.
(b) VA.
(c) His family doctor.
(d) AARP.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Coleman enroll after his service in the military?
(a) NYU.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Boston College.
(d) West Point.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What does Coleman realize when he is trying to write his own story?
(a) It is a useless effort.
(b) He can not be objective.
(c) It is too unbelievable.
(d) He can not write well.

13. 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 Army.
(c) Joins the Navy.
(d) Joins the Marines.

14. The investigation into Coleman's potential racist remark found him to be ______________.
(a) A racist.
(b) Guilty.
(c) A liar.
(d) Innocent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the young woman from the Midwest that Coleman meets when he is in school?

2. Coleman is __________, one of the first professors on the school's staff to be so.

3. What does Coleman tell Iris of his family and their history?

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

5. Coleman thinks the Iris has the wildest _____________ of anyone he has seen.

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