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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the woman feel about her children in "Can I Get a Witness?"
2. How do Corliss's father and uncles feel about poetry?
3. What happens to the baby at the end of "Do Not Go Gentle"?
4. In "Can I Get a Witness?", how does the woman feel about her husband?
5. Why is Corliss drawn to Harlan Atwater's poetry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Corliss's apartment and the way it is furnished indicate about Corliss?
2. What Native American healing traditions do the parents of the dying baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" bring into the hospital?
3. Do any of the lawyers respect Richard?
4. Discuss the influence of Native American culture on the life of the woman in "Can I Get a Witness?"
5. 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?
6. Why don't the parents in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their baby at the beginning of the story?
7. Who is Mr. Grief in "Do Not Go Gentle"?
8. What are the similarities between the man and woman who meet after the bombing in "Can I Get a Witness"?
9. How does Corliss differ from the rest of her family?
10. Why do you think Chocolate Thunder appeals to the father in "Do Not Go Gentle"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the way white people think about Indians and interact with them in "Search Engine," "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above," and "What You Pawn I Will Redeem." Give examples from the stories to illustrate your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Death is a theme or plot element in numerous stories in Sherman Alexie's Ten Little Indians. Compare and contrast the handling of the subject of death and grief in any three stories from the collection. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
"Lawyer's League," "Do Not Go Gentle," and "Do You Know Where I Am?" are written in the first-person point of view while the other stories in Ten Little Indians are written in the third-person point of view. Discuss why you think Sherman Alexie selected the first-person viewpoint for each of these three stories. Also discuss whether you think first-person is an effective viewpoint for these stories. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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