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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. About what does William sometimes fantasize?
(a) Winning the lottery.
(b) Being a hero.
(c) A new job.
(d) Other women and possible lives with them.

2. Which of the following is something William does?
(a) Smokes.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Declines to take pills.
(d) Eats processed sugar.

3. Which of the following does not describe Harlan Atwater's physical appearance in "The Search Engine"?
(a) Tall and handsome.
(b) Thick glasses.
(c) Short and fat.
(d) Dark-skinned yet pasty.

4. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out from the Spokane Indian tribe?
(a) Atwater is from a large and well known Spokane family.
(b) Nothing, no one has ever heard of him.
(c) His father was also a poet.
(d) Atwater is an alcoholic.

5. What kind of work does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" do?
(a) He drives a taxi.
(b) He tends bar.
(c) He owns a nightclub.
(d) He designs computer games.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Estelle's son at the beginning of the story?

3. Which of the following statements describes the father of Richard, the narrator in "Lawyer's League"?

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

5. What kind of women are most of Estelle's friends?

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