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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" when he falls into a waking sleep?
(a) His son's bedside.
(b) The hospital bathroom.
(c) A church pew.
(d) A shaman's tipi.

2. What happens to the woman after she has a laughing, crying, kicking fit on the man's carpet?
(a) She throws up.
(b) She has a seizure.
(c) She falls and hits her head.
(d) She tries to seduce the man.

3. How many people survive the bomb explosion?
(a) One.
(b) Forty one.
(c) None.
(d) One hundred.

4. At the dinner Richard attends, how many other single people are seated at his table?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. What happens when Bill tells Richard to "go home, son"?
(a) Richard goes home.
(b) Richard cusses Bill out.
(c) Richard punches Bill and breaks his nose.
(d) Richard throws water on Bill.

6. What happens to the man's infant son at the beginning of "Do Not Go Gentle"?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) He falls down stairs.
(c) He suffocates in his crib.
(d) He has a seizure.

7. 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) About one million dollars.
(d) Less than $20

8. What do the parents name their baby at the end of "Do Not Go Gentle"?
(a) Red Cloud.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Abraham.

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

10. Which of the following statements does not describe the bomber in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) A Palestinian refugee.
(b) A doctoral student in economics.
(c) Raised in upper-class comfort.
(d) A Syrian American born in Seattle.

11. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out when she e-mails other Indian writers and poets?
(a) Atwater is good friends with a well known Indian novelist.
(b) Atwater is really a woman.
(c) Nothing, none of the other writers has ever heard of him.
(d) Atwater is the pen name of a white man.

12. Who settles a lawsuit out of court in "Lawyer's League"?
(a) Richard and Steve.
(b) Bill and Steve.
(c) Richard and Theresa.
(d) Richard and Bill.

13. In "The Search Engine," what is the title of Harlan Atwater's poetry book?
(a) Soul Sonnets.
(b) Indian Heart Songs.
(c) Drumbeats.
(d) In the Reservation of My Mind.

14. Where does "The Search Engine" take place?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements describes the father of Richard, the narrator in "Lawyer's League"?

2. What are Richard's career goals?

3. What "dirty secret" does Richard reveal about Indian tribal leaders at the beginning of "Lawyer's League"?

4. What happens to the baby at the end of "Do Not Go Gentle"?

5. What kind of poetry does Harlan Atwater write in "The Search Engine"?

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