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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What health problem does William have?
(a) An ulcer.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) High blood pressure.
(d) Indigestion.

3. Why did the taxi driver leave his birth country?
(a) He couldn't bomb his own people any more.
(b) He is on the run from the mob.
(c) He killed a man and had to flee.
(d) He feared the poverty and disease there.

4. For what physical feature is Estelle's son known?
(a) His long eyelashes.
(b) His long hair.
(c) His cleft chin.
(d) His full lips.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" begin?

2. What are Richard's career goals?

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

4. What does the taxi driver say when passengers ask him if he's East Coast or West Coast?

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

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