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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Can I Get a Witness?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Corliss searches for information about Harlan Atwater, what does she find out when she e-mails other Indian writers and poets?
(a) Atwater is the pen name of a white man.
(b) Atwater is good friends with a well known Indian novelist.
(c) Nothing, none of the other writers has ever heard of him.
(d) Atwater is really a woman.

2. According to the librarian, how many other people have checked out Harlan Atwater's book before Corliss?
(a) Ten.
(b) Zero.
(c) One hundred.
(d) One thousand.

3. How does the woman feel about her children in "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) She wants more children.
(b) She hates them.
(c) She loves them.
(d) She never wanted children.

4. Who is the woman unable to find at the beginning of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) Her sons.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her waiter.
(d) Her boss.

5. How does Corliss pay for the SAT-prep course that won her a dozen academic scholarships for college?
(a) She collects aluminum cans.
(b) Her grandmother loans her the money.
(c) She works as a waitress.
(d) She gets babysitting jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school does Corliss attend?

2. 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?

3. To what city does the woman to whom Richard is attracted at the dinner move?

4. How many people die in the bomb explosion in "Can I Get a Witness?"

5. How many people survive the bomb explosion?

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