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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 "The Search Engine," what poet does the man in the Student Union quote at the beginning of the story?
(a) Browning.
(b) Auden.
(c) Keats.
(d) Byron.

2. Why doesn't Corliss want a white roommate?
(a) She wants a male Indian roommate instead.
(b) She is ashamed of her poverty and thinks whites are rich.
(c) Her tribe wants her to socialize with other Indians only.
(d) White people romanticize Indians as wise and spiritual.

3. Which of the following statements describes the father of Richard, the narrator in "Lawyer's League"?
(a) A Spokane Indian pro basketball star.
(b) An African American politician.
(c) An African American who played defensive end in college.
(d) A white pro basketball player.

4. Who is the woman unable to find at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Her sons.
(b) Her waiter.
(c) Her boss.
(d) Her husband.

5. What did the man's ex-wife used to call him in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Honey Bunny.
(b) Mr. Happy.
(c) Mr. Funny.
(d) Big Loser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "The Search Engine" take place?

2. To where does the man carry the woman at the end of "Can I Get a Witness?"

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the man who asks the female main character in "Can I Get a Witness" if she's okay after the bombing?

4. Who directs Corliss to Harlan Atwater's address?

5. 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?

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