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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the man's infant son at the beginning of "Do Not Go Gentle"?
(a) He has a seizure.
(b) He is in a car accident.
(c) He suffocates in his crib.
(d) He falls down stairs.

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

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Richard's job experiences?
(a) He worked for the first Chinese American governor in the US.
(b) He manages the Native Voices Now voter registration drive.
(c) He interned for the first African American mayor of Seattle.
(d) He edited a Seattle newspaper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman respond when the man asks her if she was inside the place that just got bombed?

2. In "The Search Engine," what poet does the man in the Student Union quote at the beginning of the story?

3. How old is the mother of the ailing baby in "Do Not Go Gentle"?

4. How many people die in the bomb explosion in "Can I Get a Witness?"

5. Why do crowds gather to listen to the man and his wife in "Do Not Go Gentle"?

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