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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Office Hours - Peking Duck, Pages 137 - 182).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the coffee shop Marie often goes to in "Office Hours"?
(a) Bulldog's and Veno's.
(b) Stewey's.
(c) Emblem.
(d) Holy Grounds.

2. Where do the narrator and her husband first meet in the story "Returning"?
(a) The farm.
(b) A promotion circuit for their books.
(c) As neighbors.
(d) The library.

3. What is the problem the flight attendant tells the narrator with the festival in the story "Returning"?
(a) The ceremony does not really work.
(b) Not everyone survives the ceremony.
(c) The ceremony is dark magic.
(d) The ceremony is outlawed.

4. What does the professor tell Marie he has left in the woods in "Office Hours"?
(a) His book.
(b) His dog.
(c) His coffee from many years ago.
(d) His best friend.

5. What does Marie think might have led to her getting a tenure-track position in "Office Hours"?
(a) Her excellent writing.
(b) Her family background.
(c) Her desperation.
(d) Her intellect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beatrice knock a bottle of over in the story "G"?

2. What does Beatrice ask for Bonnie's help with at the end of the story "G"?

3. Who is the colleague Marie really does not get along with in "Office Hours"?

4. How does Beatrice "escape" her mother in the story "G"?

5. In "Office Hours," how long would Marie and the professor talk during her junior year?

(see the answer key)

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