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

2. What does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" advise the only person he can get on the phone to do?
(a) Help rescue people from the bombing site.
(b) Make free pizza for rescue workers.
(c) Quit his job.
(d) Help him get the woman to a hospital.

3. Why don't the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their son at the beginning of the story?
(a) They haven't thought up a good name yet.
(b) They might give their child up for adoption.
(c) They don't want the child.
(d) They don't think he'll live.

4. Where does the father in "Do Not Go Gentle" shop for a toy for his baby?
(a) The hospital gift shop.
(b) Toys R Us.
(c) Toys in Babeland.
(d) The reservation trading post.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richard know about the other basketball players from lunchtime games with them?

3. What did the man's ex-wife used to call him in "Can I Get a Witness?"

4. Which of the following statements does not describe the woman's life in "Can I Get a Witness?"

5. Which of the following does not describe Harlan Atwater's physical appearance in "The Search Engine"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Mr. Grief in "Do Not Go Gentle"?

4. What does the opening scene of "The Search Engine" in which Corliss watches the young couple in the student union cafe foreshadow?

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

6. Who is the antagonist in "Lawyer's League" and what helps identify that character as the villain/villainess?

7. Do you think the woman in "Can I Get a Witness" is thinking clearly after the bombing, or do you think her head injury affects her speech and behavior?

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

9. 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?

10. What is the significance of the last line of "Lawyer's League" in which Richard says, "Do you understand I have a limited range of motion"?

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