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

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

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

4. Why is Richard surprised to be invited to play basketball in a lawyer's league?
(a) He is a lousy basketball player.
(b) He's not a lawyer.
(c) He doesn't play basketball.
(d) He doesn't know the other players.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bill say when Richard steals the ball while Bill is dribbling?

3. How old is the mother of the ailing baby in "Do Not Go Gentle"?

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

5. In "Can I Get a Witness?", what kind of work does the woman do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Are there any parallels between the bombing of the Good Food Restaurant in "Can I Get a Witness" and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center?

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

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

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

5. What is the significance of Harlan Atwater not giving his real name to Corliss?

6. What do Corliss's apartment and the way it is furnished indicate about Corliss?

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

8. Explain how overhearing the other fathers in the hospital bathroom motivates the father in "Do Not Go Gentle."

9. How does Richard in "Lawyer's League" describe himself?

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

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