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

2. What does Richard know about the other basketball players from lunchtime games with them?
(a) They cheat.
(b) They play well.
(c) They have a violent core inside.
(d) They hate Indians.

3. 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 edited a Seattle newspaper.
(d) He interned for the first African American mayor of Seattle.

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

5. What kind of lawyers are most of the players on Steve's team?
(a) Public defenders.
(b) Divorce lawyers.
(c) Tax attorneys.
(d) Prosecutors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "The Search Engine" take place?

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

3. To what city does the woman to whom Richard is attracted at the dinner move?

4. How do Corliss's father and uncles feel about poetry?

5. How does the woman feel about her children in "Can I Get a Witness?"

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