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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?
(a) She wishes he were with her.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She hates him.
(d) She wishes he made more money.

2. Why don't the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their son at the beginning of the story?
(a) They might give their child up for adoption.
(b) They haven't thought up a good name yet.
(c) They don't think he'll live.
(d) They don't want the child.

3. What does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" advise the only person he can get on the phone to do?
(a) Quit his job.
(b) Make free pizza for rescue workers.
(c) Help rescue people from the bombing site.
(d) Help him get the woman to a hospital.

4. How many times does the baby die and get resuscitated?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

5. What does Bill say when Richard dunks the basketball?
(a) You'll beat us for sure.
(b) Well done.
(c) Dunking doesn't count.
(d) Do it again.

6. At the dinner Richard attends, how many other single people are seated at his table?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

7. What are the parents in "Do Not Go Gentle" and the other parents in the hospital sick and tired of?
(a) Doctors and nurses.
(b) Waiting for their babies to die.
(c) Hospital cafeteria food.
(d) Medical bills.

8. What does Corliss want to buy the white woman she encounters at the Student Union?
(a) College textbooks.
(b) A winter coat.
(c) Sandwiches and ice cream.
(d) Poetry books.

9. What do the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" do at their baby's hospital bedside?
(a) Pray.
(b) Talk to their son as if he can hear them.
(c) Cry.
(d) Beat hand drums and sing powwow songs.

10. In "The Search Engine," what is the title of Harlan Atwater's poetry book?
(a) Indian Heart Songs.
(b) In the Reservation of My Mind.
(c) Drumbeats.
(d) Soul Sonnets.

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

12. What kind of toys does the father in "Do Not Go Gentle" intend to buy for his son?
(a) Teddy bears, a rattle, and an educational toy.
(b) Blocks and a stuffed panda.
(c) Interactive toys.
(d) Mobiles.

13. Which of the following statements does not describe the bomber in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) A Palestinian refugee.
(b) A Syrian American born in Seattle.
(c) A doctoral student in economics.
(d) Raised in upper-class comfort.

14. Why is Corliss drawn to Harlan Atwater's poetry?
(a) Atwater is a Spokane Indian like her.
(b) Atwater writes love poems.
(c) Atwater's poetry is taught in her English Lit classes.
(d) Atwater writes nature poems.

15. How many people survive the bomb explosion?
(a) Forty one.
(b) One hundred.
(c) None.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman unable to find at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness?"

2. What does Richard know about the other basketball players from lunchtime games with them?

3. What does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" overhear in his waking sleep?

4. What does Richard think Bill's problem with dunking really is?

5. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out when she e-mails other Indian writers and poets?

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