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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Do Not Go Gentle".

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 him get the woman to a hospital.
(b) Quit his job.
(c) Help rescue people from the bombing site.
(d) Make free pizza for rescue workers.

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

3. Which of the following statements does not describe what Corliss learns about Harlan Atwater when she finally meets him face to face?
(a) He lived everything he wrote in his poems.
(b) He is a fake.
(c) He never lived on a reservation.
(d) He was raised by white adoptive parents, not Indians.

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

5. What "dirty secret" does Richard reveal about Indian tribal leaders at the beginning of "Lawyer's League"?
(a) Many engage in extramarital affairs.
(b) Many embezzle tribal funds.
(c) Many are functionally illiterate.
(d) Many become alcoholics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the unnamed man who is the main character of "Do Not Go Gentle" call sorrow?

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

4. Why is Corliss drawn to Harlan Atwater's poetry?

5. What does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" overhear in his waking sleep?

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