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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of women are most of Estelle's friends?
(a) Republicans.
(b) White liberals.
(c) Homeless women.
(d) Spokane Indians.

5. What does Estelle's son say at the end of the story that he and his mother have done all his life and will keep doing until one eventually buries the other?
(a) Loved and failed each other.
(b) Befriended white people.
(c) Supported women's rights.
(d) Taught at the community college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharon confess to David one night in "Do You Know Where I Am?"

2. In "The Search Engine," what poet does the man in the Student Union quote at the beginning of the story?

3. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?

4. What kind of Indian is David?

5. What does Jackson buy with his initial twenty-five dollars?

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