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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the bomber in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Raised in upper-class comfort.
(b) A Syrian American born in Seattle.
(c) A Palestinian refugee.
(d) A doctoral student in economics.

2. At the end of "The Search Engine," what does Corliss ask Harlan Atwater for that he does not give her?
(a) Romance.
(b) His real name.
(c) Money.
(d) A critique of poetry she's written.

3. Why does Richard not become involved with the woman to whom he is so attracted at the dinner he attends?
(a) She is married to his boss.
(b) She would not be a wise choice for his political career.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She is pregnant with another man's child.

4. In what year does "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" begin?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1976.

5. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She wishes he made more money.
(d) She wishes he were with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corliss want to buy the white woman she encounters at the Student Union?

2. What does the taxi driver say when passengers ask him if he's East Coast or West Coast?

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

4. What did the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" do for a living in his birth country?

5. To where does the man carry the woman at the end of "Can I Get a Witness?"

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