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

2. What kind of store does the man in "Do Not Go Gentle" mistakenly visit instead of a toy store?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A porn store.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) A sex toy store.

3. Why doesn't Corliss want a white roommate?
(a) White people romanticize Indians as wise and spiritual.
(b) She is ashamed of her poverty and thinks whites are rich.
(c) She wants a male Indian roommate instead.
(d) Her tribe wants her to socialize with other Indians only.

4. How old is the mother of the ailing baby in "Do Not Go Gentle"?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

5. Why is Richard surprised to be invited to play basketball in a lawyer's league?
(a) He is a lousy basketball player.
(b) He's not a lawyer.
(c) He doesn't know the other players.
(d) He doesn't play basketball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say when Richard dunks the basketball?

2. How do Corliss's father and uncles feel about poetry?

3. At the dinner Richard attends, who does he think he could take home, sleep with, and abandon?

4. In "The Search Engine," what poet does the man in the Student Union quote at the beginning of the story?

5. What does Richard imagine at the end of "Lawyer's League"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the touches of humor in "Can I Get a Witness?"

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What is the significance of Corliss's referring to her quest for information about Harlan Atwater as a "vision quest"?

8. How does Corliss differ from the rest of her family?

9. What is the significance of Harlan Atwater not giving his real name to Corliss?

10. Do any of the lawyers respect Richard?

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