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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" do for a living in his birth country?
(a) He was a rabbi.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a jet-fighter pilot.

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

3. What does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" overhear in his waking sleep?
(a) Doctors predicting his son will die.
(b) Another grieving father crying over a dying child.
(c) Other grieving fathers insulting a fat woman.
(d) An angel predicting his child will live.

4. How does the woman feel about her children in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) She wants more children.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She never wanted children.

5. How many other published Spokane Indian poets are there in "The Search Engine" besides Harlan Atwater?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) One hundred.
(d) A dozen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the unnamed man who is the main character of "Do Not Go Gentle" call sorrow?

3. Where does the father in "Do Not Go Gentle" shop for a toy for his baby?

4. Where is the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" when he falls into a waking sleep?

5. Whose music is William listening to at the beginning of "Flight Patterns"?

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