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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Some of them could have been cheating on their wives.
(d) None of them deserved to die.

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

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

5. 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.

6. What are the parents in "Do Not Go Gentle" and the other parents in the hospital sick and tired of?
(a) Medical bills.
(b) Doctors and nurses.
(c) Hospital cafeteria food.
(d) Waiting for their babies to die.

7. What are Richard's career goals?
(a) To be a U.S. senator and then run for president.
(b) To write novels.
(c) To be a pro basketball player.
(d) To start a restaurant.

8. Why do crowds gather to listen to the man and his wife in "Do Not Go Gentle"?
(a) They are crying loudly.
(b) They are famous actors.
(c) They are both good singers.
(d) They are fighting loudly.

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

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

11. Who is the woman unable to find at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Her waiter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her sons.
(d) Her boss.

12. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out from the Spokane Indian tribe?
(a) Atwater is an alcoholic.
(b) Nothing, no one has ever heard of him.
(c) Atwater is from a large and well known Spokane family.
(d) His father was also a poet.

13. To where does the man carry the woman at the end of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) To the police.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To her home.
(d) To his bed to make love to her.

14. At the end of "The Search Engine," what does Corliss ask Harlan Atwater for that he does not give her?
(a) Money.
(b) Romance.
(c) A critique of poetry she's written.
(d) His real name.

15. Which of the following statements does not describe what Corliss learns about Harlan Atwater when she finally meets him face to face?
(a) He lived everything he wrote in his poems.
(b) He was raised by white adoptive parents, not Indians.
(c) He never lived on a reservation.
(d) He is a fake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Corliss calls Harlan Atwater on the phone?

3. At the dinner Richard attends, how many other single people are seated at his table?

4. Why don't the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their son at the beginning of the story?

5. Why is Corliss drawn to Harlan Atwater's poetry?

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