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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. How does Beatrice "escape" her mother in the story "G"?
(a) By leaving the country.
(b) By getting married.
(c) By rebelling against her mother's principles.
(d) By dropping out of college.

2. What kind of culture does Beatrice think constituted Levi's life in the story "G"?
(a) Canadian culture.
(b) WASP culture.
(c) Helios culture.
(d) Chinese culture.

3. What does the flight attendant tell the narrator there is the same word for that has two meanings in "Returning"?
(a) Spring and Summer.
(b) Winter and Fall.
(c) Morning and night.
(d) Fall and Spring.

4. Why does the narrator first spend the night at Y's house in "Returning"?
(a) Snowstorm.
(b) Her husband kicks her out.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) Flood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the background of the narrator's ex-boyfriend in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

2. What can fiction be, according to Peter in "Returning"?

3. What does the narrator take before flying in "Returning"?

4. What is the first step in taking the drug G?

5. Who does Beatrice's ex-boyfriend tell her to stop being friends with because it is not good for her in the long run in the story "G"?

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