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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. Which of the following statements does not describe the woman's life in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) She's college-educated and making ten dollars an hour.
(b) She's happy with her job and marriage.
(c) She's middle-aged.
(d) She has a husband and two sons.

2. What does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" overhear in his waking sleep?
(a) An angel predicting his child will live.
(b) Other grieving fathers insulting a fat woman.
(c) Another grieving father crying over a dying child.
(d) Doctors predicting his son will die.

3. At the dinner Richard attends, how many other single people are seated at his table?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of dinner is Richard invited?

2. What kind of store does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" mistakenly visit instead of a toy store?

3. According to the librarian, how many other people have checked out Harlan Atwater's book before Corliss?

4. What does the man in "Can I Get a Witness?" advise the only person he can get on the phone to do?

5. What does Corliss learn about Harlan Atwater from his interview in Radical Seattle Weekly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Corliss differ from the rest of her family?

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

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

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. 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?

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

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

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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