1. When Sharon calls David a liar at the end of "Do You Know Where I Am?", how many times does David say he has lied to his wife?
(a) Never.
(b) Countless times.
(c) Ten times.
(d) Once.

2. Why don't the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their son at the beginning of the story?
(a) They haven't thought up a good name yet.
(b) They might give their child up for adoption.
(c) They don't think he'll live.
(d) They don't want the child.

3. How long has it been since the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" has seen his children?
(a) Many years.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

4. Which of the following is not a way Corliss gets a prep school education in high school without attending an expensive prep school?
(a) Prep school teachers send her their reading lists.
(b) Prep school teachers fax her study guides.
(c) Prep school teachers fax her sample student papers.
(d) Prep school teachers tutor her for free.

5. 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 feared the poverty and disease there.
(d) He killed a man and had to flee.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Sharon give David for his fortieth birthday?

3. What does David's mother do for a living?

4. How old is Corliss in "The Search Engine"?

5. In "Do Not Go Gentle," how much money does the father think could be collected from the wallets and purses of all his relatives in total?

(see the answer key)

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