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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 does the taxi driver say when passengers ask him if he's East Coast or West Coast?
(a) I'm Ivory Coast.
(b) I'm East Coast.
(c) I'm West Coast.
(d) I'm both coasts.

2. What does Marie in "Flight Patterns" do for a living?
(a) She's a stay-at-home wife and mom.
(b) She's a secretary.
(c) She's a model.
(d) She's a teacher.

3. How many questions does Sharon tell David he can ask about what she confesses to him?
(a) None.
(b) As many as he wants.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. What does Estelle's answering machine message say she's probably out doing?
(a) Parachuting from a plane.
(b) Climbing a dormant volcano.
(c) Romancing a man.
(d) Bungee jumping.

5. What does Estelle do after she spots the woman in the white dress?
(a) Honks her horn at the woman.
(b) Stops her car but doesn't get out to assist the woman.
(c) Ignores the woman.
(d) Rolls down her window and beckons the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?

2. Why did the taxi driver leave his birth country?

3. From where is the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns"?

4. Who does William call at the end of "Flight Patterns"?

5. What is Estelle's real name in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jackson's relationship with Kay?

2. In what ways does "Flight Patterns" reflect that it takes place in a post-September 11th world?

3. Describe Jackson's relationship with Officer Williams in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem."

4. What is Real Change and how is it involved in Jackson's quest for his grandmother's regalia?

5. Describe what Sharon and David do with their children on the day Sharon confesses her infidelity and what it indicates about Sharon and David's relationship.

6. In what ways is the title "Flight Patterns" related to the story?

7. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is Sharon's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?

8. With their education and prosperity, David and Sharon are well assimilated into mainstream American culture. Does "Do You Know Where I Am?" contain examples of the effects of Native American culture in their lives?

9. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is David's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?

10. How are white people depicted in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" and how does this depiction compare to Estelle's opinion of white people?

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