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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Can I Get a Witness?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Can I Get a Witness?", what kind of work does the woman do?
(a) She's a writer.
(b) She's a paralegal.
(c) She's a teacher.
(d) She's a dentist.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe how the woman has fantasized she would behave if she had been caught in the Twin Towers on September 11th?
(a) She would have disappeared.
(b) She would have let her family think she had died.
(c) She would have helped them escape the Twin Towers.
(d) She would have walked away and started a new life.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the woman's life in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) She has a husband and two sons.
(b) She's college-educated and making ten dollars an hour.
(c) She's happy with her job and marriage.
(d) She's middle-aged.

4. According to the librarian, how many other people have checked out Harlan Atwater's book before Corliss?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Zero.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Ten.

5. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out when she e-mails other Indian writers and poets?
(a) Nothing, none of the other writers has ever heard of him.
(b) Atwater is really a woman.
(c) Atwater is the pen name of a white man.
(d) Atwater is good friends with a well known Indian novelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of lawyer is Bill?

2. What happens when Corliss calls Harlan Atwater on the phone?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Richard's job experiences?

4. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?

5. When Bill keeps protesting every basket Richard makes, what do the other lawyers suggest?

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