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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is the mother of the ailing baby in "Do Not Go Gentle"?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

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

5. To what kind of dinner is Richard invited?
(a) A Republican campaign dinner.
(b) A bipartisan lobbyist dinner.
(c) A college graduation dinner.
(d) A basketball team's celebratory dinner.

6. Which of the following statements describes the father of Richard, the narrator in "Lawyer's League"?
(a) A white pro basketball player.
(b) An African American politician.
(c) A Spokane Indian pro basketball star.
(d) An African American who played defensive end in college.

7. In "The Search Engine," what poet does the man in the Student Union quote at the beginning of the story?
(a) Byron.
(b) Auden.
(c) Keats.
(d) Browning.

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

9. Why is Corliss drawn to Harlan Atwater's poetry?
(a) Atwater writes love poems.
(b) Atwater is a Spokane Indian like her.
(c) Atwater's poetry is taught in her English Lit classes.
(d) Atwater writes nature poems.

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

11. Which of the following statements describes Richard's mother?
(a) A white college basketball player.
(b) An African American lawyer.
(c) A petite Spokane Indian ballerina.
(d) A Spokane Indian poet.

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

13. Why doesn't Corliss own her own computer?
(a) She doesn't know how to use a computer.
(b) She doesn't like computers.
(c) She's too poor to afford one.
(d) She doesn't need to use computers for her classes.

14. How does Corliss pay for the SAT-prep course that won her a dozen academic scholarships for college?
(a) Her grandmother loans her the money.
(b) She works as a waitress.
(c) She collects aluminum cans.
(d) She gets babysitting jobs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the man and woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" each think about when they first meet?

2. 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?

3. What does the unnamed man who is the main character of "Do Not Go Gentle" call sorrow?

4. Where is the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" when he falls into a waking sleep?

5. Who directs Corliss to Harlan Atwater's address?

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