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

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) Keats.
(b) Byron.
(c) Auden.
(d) Browning.

2. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out from the Spokane Indian tribe?
(a) Nothing, no one has ever heard of him.
(b) Atwater is an alcoholic.
(c) His father was also a poet.
(d) Atwater is from a large and well known Spokane family.

3. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out when she e-mails other Indian writers and poets?
(a) Atwater is really a woman.
(b) Atwater is the pen name of a white man.
(c) Atwater is good friends with a well known Indian novelist.
(d) Nothing, none of the other writers has ever heard of him.

4. For what does William in "Flight Patterns" always scan airports and airplanes?
(a) Coffee and donuts.
(b) Little brown guys who reek of fundamentalism.
(c) Security guards and cops.
(d) Attaché cases that look like they could be bombs.

5. What are Richard's career goals?
(a) To start a restaurant.
(b) To be a U.S. senator and then run for president.
(c) To be a pro basketball player.
(d) To write novels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health problem does William have?

2. At the dinner Richard attends, how many other single people are seated at his table?

3. What is Bill's nickname in "Lawyer's League"?

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

5. Which of the following is something William does?

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