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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Flight Patterns".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Richard grow up?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) California.

2. How does Corliss pay for the SAT-prep course that won her a dozen academic scholarships for college?
(a) She gets babysitting jobs.
(b) Her grandmother loans her the money.
(c) She collects aluminum cans.
(d) She works as a waitress.

3. What does Corliss learn about Harlan Atwater from his interview in Radical Seattle Weekly?
(a) He is dying of cancer.
(b) He has also written short stories.
(c) He claims to be sacred, traditional, and connected to his tribe.
(d) He is blind.

4. What kind of poetry does Harlan Atwater write in "The Search Engine"?
(a) Free-verse sonnets.
(b) Odes.
(c) Cinquains.
(d) Haiku.

5. What school does Corliss attend?
(a) Washington State University.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" think his wife is sadder than he is?

3. What did the taxi driver study at Oxford?

4. How long has it been since the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" has seen his children?

5. In "Can I Get a Witness?", what kind of work does the woman do?

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