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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. When the man can't get 911 and dials other numbers to test the phone service after the bombing, what is the only number that answers?
(a) Lou's Bail Bonds.
(b) Domino's Pizza.
(c) The local hospital.
(d) The local newspaper.

2. Who is the woman unable to find at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her waiter.
(c) Her boss.
(d) Her sons.

3. When Bill keeps protesting every basket Richard makes, what do the other lawyers suggest?
(a) That Bill be asked to leave the game.
(b) That Richard challenge Bill.
(c) That Richard go home.
(d) That Bill and Richard both leave the game.

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

5. What was the woman in "Can I Get a Witness" doing on September 11th when the World Trade Center attacks occurred?
(a) Shopping in New York.
(b) Flying to Washington, DC.
(c) Collating files at the law firm where she works.
(d) Taking her children to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the woman's life in "Can I Get a Witness?"

2. What kind of work does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" do?

3. What does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" advise the only person he can get on the phone to do?

4. What does Bill say when Richard steals the ball while Bill is dribbling?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe how the woman has fantasized she would behave if she had been caught in the Twin Towers on September 11th?

(see the answer key)

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