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

2. How does the woman respond when the man asks her if she was inside the place that just got bombed?
(a) She says nothing.
(b) She faints.
(c) She lies and says no.
(d) She says yes.

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

4. What does Bill say when Richard steals the ball while Bill is dribbling?
(a) Time out.
(b) Foul.
(c) Do it again and you're dead.
(d) You cheated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Corliss's father and uncles feel about poetry?

2. Why doesn't Corliss want a white roommate?

3. How many times does the baby die and get resuscitated?

4. How many people die in the bomb explosion in "Can I Get a Witness?"

5. To what city does the woman to whom Richard is attracted at the dinner move?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss the influence of Native American culture on the life of the woman in "Can I Get a Witness?"

4. What are the similarities between the man and woman who meet after the bombing in "Can I Get a Witness"?

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

6. How does Corliss think white people feel about Indians?

7. Why do you think the woman in "Can I Get a Witness" wants the man to take her to his home after the bombing rather than to hers?

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

9. Discuss the touches of humor in "Can I Get a Witness?"

10. What do Corliss's visits to McDonald's illustrate?

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