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

2. Coleman realizes that if he had taken the more _________ Steena to his house, things might have gone better.
(a) Mature.
(b) Open.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Wealthy.

3. Coleman tells the news that he is going to marry a white women to whom?
(a) His brother.
(b) Delphine.
(c) His mother.
(d) Nathan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Coleman Silk do first as a boy when he went to Newark Boys Club in his neighborhood?

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

3. What does Iris seem to believe about Coleman's heritage, just as so many others in his life have assumed?

4. One Saturday, Nathan comes over to find Coleman in his ________ and nothing else.

5. What happened to the two children that Faunia left with when they left the abusive husband and father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coleman reveal to Iris his racial background when they are getting married?

2. What does the doctor offer to Coleman's family in return for the favor they request, though the Silks turn the offer down?

3. What does Mr. Silk believe is the most important thing in life, especially for a black man?

4. What is Coleman's religious background and why is this an important detail to note?

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

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

7. What did Coleman do on the day he went to the funeral parlor to make arrangements for a funeral?

8. What did the nice letter that Coleman found in his personal belongings say?

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

10. What makes Iris a strong woman, according to the descriptions in the book?

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