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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the woman feel about her children in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) She loves them.
(b) She never wanted children.
(c) She wants more children.
(d) She hates them.

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

3. What does the unnamed man who is the main character of "Do Not Go Gentle" call sorrow?
(a) The Eternal Woe.
(b) Mr. Grief.
(c) Heart Sickness.
(d) The Thunder Bird.

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

5. What does Richard imagine at the end of "Lawyer's League"?
(a) Winning a basketball championship.
(b) Defending his fight with Bill at a press conference.
(c) Being President of the U.S.
(d) Marriage to Theresa.

6. What do the man and woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" each think about when they first meet?
(a) Whether they can trust each other.
(b) Whether they will die.
(c) Where they can find safety.
(d) Sleeping together.

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

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

9. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?
(a) She wishes he were with her.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She wishes he made more money.

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

11. What does the woman want to drink once she reaches the man's apartment?
(a) Cola.
(b) Juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

12. How many people die in the bomb explosion in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) One.
(b) Forty two.
(c) None.
(d) One hundred.

13. What do the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" do at their baby's hospital bedside?
(a) Pray.
(b) Beat hand drums and sing powwow songs.
(c) Talk to their son as if he can hear them.
(d) Cry.

14. What does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" overhear in his waking sleep?
(a) Another grieving father crying over a dying child.
(b) An angel predicting his child will live.
(c) Other grieving fathers insulting a fat woman.
(d) Doctors predicting his son will die.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other published Spokane Indian poets are there in "The Search Engine" besides Harlan Atwater?

2. What are the parents in "Do Not Go Gentle" and the other parents in the hospital sick and tired of?

3. At the end of "The Search Engine," what does Corliss ask Harlan Atwater for that he does not give her?

4. What does Corliss want to buy the white woman she encounters at the Student Union?

5. Who settles a lawsuit out of court in "Lawyer's League"?

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