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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Coleman's father believed that education was the more important thing in life, especially for a __________.
(a) Dyslexic child.
(b) Poor man.
(c) Boy.
(d) Black man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coleman do when his father dies during the middle of his first semester at college?

2. What does Coleman do when he realizes that the woman from the Midwest is someone he wants to be with forever?

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

4. Coleman is a __________ skinned Jew, according to his own description.

5. What else did the person asking Coleman to do poorly in school say they would set up for Coleman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with Nathan's health which has changed him forever?

2. What does Coleman Silk confess to his neighbor when he is 71 years of age?

3. What does the doctor who visits Coleman's family when Coleman is in high school want from Coleman and his family?

4. What happened during the course of the investigation into Coleman Silk's accusations?

5. What happened on the day that Nathan found Coleman in only his shorts?

6. What does Coleman do after his father dies when he is a student at Howard?

7. What does Ellie do when Coleman reveals to her his racial background?

8. What does Doc Chizner tell Coleman not to tell the Pitt coach when he is applying for a scholarship?

9. Why does Coleman go to the lawyer the next day after seeing Farley?

10. What does Coleman want to do with his life at first when he is out of the military and back in New York?

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