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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard know about the other basketball players from lunchtime games with them?
(a) They hate Indians.
(b) They cheat.
(c) They have a violent core inside.
(d) They play well.

2. What does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" advise the only person he can get on the phone to do?
(a) Make free pizza for rescue workers.
(b) Help him get the woman to a hospital.
(c) Help rescue people from the bombing site.
(d) Quit his job.

3. What kind of lawyers are most of the players on Steve's team?
(a) Public defenders.
(b) Divorce lawyers.
(c) Tax attorneys.
(d) Prosecutors.

4. When the man can't get 911 and dials other numbers to test the phone service after the bombing, what is the only number that answers?
(a) The local hospital.
(b) Domino's Pizza.
(c) The local newspaper.
(d) Lou's Bail Bonds.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe the man who asks the female main character in "Can I Get a Witness" if she's okay after the bombing?
(a) Handsome with kind eyes and a mustache.
(b) A tall Asian.
(c) Twenty pounds overweight.
(d) A short forty-something Caucasian.

6. What does Richard think Bill's problem with dunking really is?
(a) Insanity.
(b) A bad temper.
(c) Racism.
(d) Jealousy.

7. What was the woman in "Can I Get a Witness" doing on September 11th when the World Trade Center attacks occurred?
(a) Collating files at the law firm where she works.
(b) Shopping in New York.
(c) Taking her children to school.
(d) Flying to Washington, DC.

8. Which of the following statements does not describe how the woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" feels about the people who died on September 11th?
(a) Some of them deserved to die.
(b) Some of them could have been abusing their daughters.
(c) None of them deserved to die.
(d) Some of them could have been cheating on their wives.

9. What school does Corliss attend?
(a) Washington State University.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

10. Which of the following statements does not describe the woman's life in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) She's middle-aged.
(b) She's college-educated and making ten dollars an hour.
(c) She has a husband and two sons.
(d) She's happy with her job and marriage.

11. What "dirty secret" does Richard reveal about Indian tribal leaders at the beginning of "Lawyer's League"?
(a) Many engage in extramarital affairs.
(b) Many become alcoholics.
(c) Many are functionally illiterate.
(d) Many embezzle tribal funds.

12. To what city does the woman to whom Richard is attracted at the dinner move?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Boston.

13. When Bill keeps protesting every basket Richard makes, what do the other lawyers suggest?
(a) That Richard go home.
(b) That Bill be asked to leave the game.
(c) That Bill and Richard both leave the game.
(d) That Richard challenge Bill.

14. 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?
(a) About one thousand dollars.
(b) About $512.
(c) Less than $20
(d) About one million dollars.

15. What is Bill's nickname in "Lawyer's League"?
(a) The Terminator.
(b) Little Bill.
(c) Kobe Bryant.
(d) Big Bill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corliss learn about Harlan Atwater from his interview in Radical Seattle Weekly?

3. Why is Richard surprised to be invited to play basketball in a lawyer's league?

4. What kind of lawyer is Bill?

5. How does Corliss pay for the SAT-prep course that won her a dozen academic scholarships for college?

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