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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 the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" advise the only person he can get on the phone to do?
(a) Help rescue people from the bombing site.
(b) Help him get the woman to a hospital.
(c) Make free pizza for rescue workers.
(d) Quit his job.

2. How old is the female main character of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Eighty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

3. Who directs Corliss to Harlan Atwater's address?
(a) The campus librarian.
(b) A famous Spokane Indian novelist.
(c) A homeless man she meets outside McDonald's.
(d) Corliss's father and uncles.

4. In "The Search Engine," what poet does the man in the Student Union quote at the beginning of the story?
(a) Auden.
(b) Browning.
(c) Byron.
(d) Keats.

5. What kind of work does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" do?
(a) He drives a taxi.
(b) He tends bar.
(c) He owns a nightclub.
(d) He designs computer games.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements describes Richard's mother?

2. Why does Richard not become involved with the woman to whom he is so attracted at the dinner he attends?

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

4. What happens when Corliss calls Harlan Atwater on the phone?

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

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