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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. How does the woman respond when the man asks her if she was inside the place that just got bombed?
(a) She says nothing.
(b) She faints.
(c) She says yes.
(d) She lies and says no.

2. Why does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" think his wife is sadder than he is?
(a) She is a woman.
(b) She doesn't share his faith their child will live.
(c) She carried their baby inside her womb.
(d) She loves the baby more.

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 never lived on a reservation.
(b) He was raised by white adoptive parents, not Indians.
(c) He is a fake.
(d) He lived everything he wrote in his poems.

4. What did the man's ex-wife used to call him in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Big Loser.
(b) Mr. Funny.
(c) Mr. Happy.
(d) Honey Bunny.

5. Where does the father in "Do Not Go Gentle" shop for a toy for his baby?
(a) Toys R Us.
(b) The reservation trading post.
(c) The hospital gift shop.
(d) Toys in Babeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard know about the other basketball players from lunchtime games with them?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe the man who asks the female main character in "Can I Get a Witness" if she's okay after the bombing?

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

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

5. How many people die in the bomb explosion in "Can I Get a Witness?"

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