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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. Which of the following statements does not describe how the woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" feels about the people who died on September 11th?
(a) None of them deserved to die.
(b) Some of them could have been abusing their daughters.
(c) Some of them could have been cheating on their wives.
(d) Some of them deserved to die.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe what Corliss learns about Harlan Atwater when she finally meets him face to face?
(a) He is a fake.
(b) He was raised by white adoptive parents, not Indians.
(c) He never lived on a reservation.
(d) He lived everything he wrote in his poems.

3. When Bill keeps protesting every basket Richard makes, what do the other lawyers suggest?
(a) That Richard go home.
(b) That Bill and Richard both leave the game.
(c) That Richard challenge Bill.
(d) That Bill be asked to leave the game.

4. What happens when Corliss calls Harlan Atwater on the phone?
(a) Although flattered by the call, Atwater hangs up on her.
(b) Atwater invites her to his next poetry reading.
(c) Atwater flirts with her.
(d) Atwater invites her to his home.

5. When the man can't get 911 and dials other numbers to test the phone service after the bombing, what is the only number that answers?
(a) The local hospital.
(b) Domino's Pizza.
(c) Lou's Bail Bonds.
(d) The local newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" do?

2. What happens to the baby at the end of "Do Not Go Gentle"?

3. What is the woman who is the main character of "Can I Get a Witness?" doing at the beginning of the story?

4. To what kind of dinner is Richard invited?

5. What does the woman want to drink once she reaches the man's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how overhearing the other fathers in the hospital bathroom motivates the father in "Do Not Go Gentle."

2. What is the significance of the last line of "Lawyer's League" in which Richard says, "Do you understand I have a limited range of motion"?

3. Are there any parallels between the bombing of the Good Food Restaurant in "Can I Get a Witness" and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center?

4. What Native American healing traditions do the parents of the dying baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" bring into the hospital?

5. How does the woman's inability to get her waiter's attention at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness" symbolize her relationship with her husband and sons?

6. Discuss the touches of humor in "Can I Get a Witness?"

7. Explain why Corliss identifies so strongly with Harlan Atwater.

8. Who is the antagonist in "Lawyer's League" and what helps identify that character as the villain/villainess?

9. What are the similarities between the man and woman who meet after the bombing in "Can I Get a Witness"?

10. What is Richard's relationship with Teresa and how does it compare with what he wishes it was?

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