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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 does not describe the physical appearance of Corliss?
(a) Large-breasted and wearing red cowboy boots.
(b) Tall with thick glasses.
(c) Short and thirty pounds overweight.
(d) Plain-featured with clear, dark brown skin, and long hair.

2. What does the woman want to drink once she reaches the man's apartment?
(a) Juice.
(b) Cola.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

3. 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.

4. What do the man and woman in "Can I Get a Witness?" each think about when they first meet?
(a) Whether they can trust each other.
(b) Whether they will die.
(c) Where they can find safety.
(d) Sleeping together.

5. What kind of lawyer is Bill?
(a) A divorce lawyer.
(b) A prosecutor.
(c) A public defender.
(d) A tax attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Do Not Go Gentle," how much money does the father think could be collected from the wallets and purses of all his relatives in total?

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

3. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?

4. How many other published Spokane Indian poets are there in "The Search Engine" besides Harlan Atwater?

5. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out when she e-mails other Indian writers and poets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do any of the lawyers respect Richard?

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

3. 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"?

4. 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?

5. What is Richard's relationship with Teresa and how does it compare with what he wishes it was?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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