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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Can I Get a Witness?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill say when Richard steals the ball while Bill is dribbling?
(a) You cheated.
(b) Do it again and you're dead.
(c) Time out.
(d) Foul.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe how the woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" feels about the people who died on September 11th?
(a) Some of them deserved to die.
(b) None of them deserved to die.
(c) Some of them could have been cheating on their wives.
(d) Some of them could have been abusing their daughters.

3. Which of the following is not a way Corliss gets a prep school education in high school without attending an expensive prep school?
(a) Prep school teachers send her their reading lists.
(b) Prep school teachers fax her study guides.
(c) Prep school teachers tutor her for free.
(d) Prep school teachers fax her sample student papers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people survive the bomb explosion?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe what Corliss learns about Harlan Atwater when she finally meets him face to face?

3. How old is the female main character of "Can I Get a Witness?"

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

5. What does Bill say when Richard dunks the basketball?

(see the answer key)

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