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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Twenty pounds overweight.
(b) Handsome with kind eyes and a mustache.
(c) A tall Asian.
(d) A short forty-something Caucasian.

3. 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) Flying to Washington, DC.
(c) Shopping in New York.
(d) Taking her children to school.

4. How do Corliss's father and uncles feel about poetry?
(a) They love poetry.
(b) They love to set poetry to music.
(c) They like only Native American poetry.
(d) They hate poetry.

5. 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) Doctors predicting his son will die.
(d) Other grieving fathers insulting a fat woman.

6. What does Corliss learn about Harlan Atwater from his interview in Radical Seattle Weekly?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is dying of cancer.
(c) He has also written short stories.
(d) He claims to be sacred, traditional, and connected to his tribe.

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

8. What did the man's ex-wife used to call him in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Mr. Funny.
(b) Big Loser.
(c) Mr. Happy.
(d) Honey Bunny.

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

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

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

12. 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 could have been abusing their daughters.
(b) None of them deserved to die.
(c) Some of them deserved to die.
(d) Some of them could have been cheating on their wives.

13. 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 never lived on a reservation.
(c) He was raised by white adoptive parents, not Indians.
(d) He is a fake.

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

15. 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 never wanted children.
(d) She loves them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of work does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" do?

5. What do the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" do at their baby's hospital bedside?

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