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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. How many people die in the bomb explosion in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Forty two.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One.
(d) None.

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

3. What does Richard imagine at the end of "Lawyer's League"?
(a) Being President of the U.S.
(b) Marriage to Theresa.
(c) Defending his fight with Bill at a press conference.
(d) Winning a basketball championship.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe how the woman has fantasized she would behave if she had been caught in the Twin Towers on September 11th?
(a) She would have helped them escape the Twin Towers.
(b) She would have walked away and started a new life.
(c) She would have disappeared.
(d) She would have let her family think she had died.

5. What does Corliss want to buy the white woman she encounters at the Student Union?
(a) Sandwiches and ice cream.
(b) College textbooks.
(c) A winter coat.
(d) Poetry books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" think his wife is sadder than he is?

2. What kind of lawyers are most of the players on Steve's team?

3. What is the woman who is the main character of "Can I Get a Witness?" doing at the beginning of the story?

4. Which of the following does not describe the physical appearance of Corliss?

5. What do the man and woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" each think about when they first meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Richard think most Native American politicians are like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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