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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. Where did Richard grow up?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) California.
(d) Phoenix.

2. 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 never lived on a reservation.
(c) He was raised by white adoptive parents, not Indians.
(d) He is a fake.

3. What does Bill say when Richard dunks the basketball?
(a) You'll beat us for sure.
(b) Do it again.
(c) Dunking doesn't count.
(d) Well done.

4. According to the librarian, how many other people have checked out Harlan Atwater's book before Corliss?
(a) Ten.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Zero.

5. 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) Atwater is an alcoholic.
(c) Nothing, no one has ever heard of him.
(d) His father was also a poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman respond when the man asks her if she was inside the place that just got bombed?

2. What does Estelle do after she spots the woman in the white dress?

3. Which of the following is not a way Corliss gets a prep school education in high school without attending an expensive prep school?

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

5. Why don't the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their son at the beginning of the story?

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