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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the librarian, how many other people have checked out Harlan Atwater's book before Corliss?
(a) Ten.
(b) Zero.
(c) One hundred.
(d) One thousand.

2. What happens when Corliss calls Harlan Atwater on the phone?
(a) Atwater invites her to his home.
(b) Atwater flirts with her.
(c) Atwater invites her to his next poetry reading.
(d) Although flattered by the call, Atwater hangs up on her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of dinner is Richard invited?

2. Where does the father in "Do Not Go Gentle" shop for a toy for his baby?

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

4. Which of the following statements does not describe the bomber in "Can I Get a Witness?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What unconventional thoughts does the woman in "Can I Get a Witness" have about the victims of September 11th?

2. What Native American healing traditions do the parents of the dying baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" bring into the hospital?

3. How is it ironic that Bill is the only prosecutor in the lawyer's basketball league?

4. Explain why Corliss identifies so strongly with Harlan Atwater.

5. How does the woman's inability to get her waiter's attention at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness" symbolize her relationship with her husband and sons?

6. Why does the father in "Do Not Go Gentle" think his wife is more sorrowful than he is over their son's critical condition?

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

8. What is the significance of Corliss's referring to her quest for information about Harlan Atwater as a "vision quest"?

9. Why do you think Chocolate Thunder appeals to the father in "Do Not Go Gentle"?

10. Before he encounters Bill and the lawyer's basketball league, does Richard's career path seem to be leading him to his goal of the Senate and the White House?

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