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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Peking Duck - Tomorrow, Pages 183 - 226).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator's husband from in "Returning"?
(a) Garboza.
(b) Russia.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Iceland.

2. What does the mother in "Peking Duck" gesture for the narrator to do while the salesman is in the kitchen?
(a) Eat.
(b) Hide herself.
(c) Drive the car.
(d) Call 911.

3. What does the back wing of the narrator's house smell like when she opens it up in "Los Angeles"?
(a) Food.
(b) A mildewed church basement.
(c) A spring garden.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the professor show Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?
(a) The chamber to another dimension.
(b) The sea.
(c) The magical candle.
(d) The book.

5. What does Bonnie do in the story "G" that betrays Beatrice?
(a) Steals money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sleeps with Beatrice's boyfriend while invisible.
(d) Undermines her college application.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem the flight attendant tells the narrator with the festival in the story "Returning"?

2. In "Returning," who does the narrator travel with?

3. What do the mother's employers in "Peking Duck" do for a living?

4. What does the narrator's mother always drink in restaurants in "Peking Duck"?

5. What does the salesman sell in the story "Peking Duck"?

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