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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. What kind of habits does the narrator know she has in "Returning"?
(a) Obsessive.
(b) Incendiary.
(c) Open.
(d) Prayerful.

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

3. What does Peter make for the narrator in "Returning" at his apartment?
(a) Traditional stew.
(b) Dumplings.
(c) Pie.
(d) Roast.

4. Whose work does the narrator's class critique in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Alice Wong's.
(b) Herman Melville's.
(c) Lydia Davis's.
(d) Dirk Gengson's.

5. In "Office Hours," what does Marie do in her old professor's office?
(a) Eat.
(b) Drink alcohol.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Have sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator follow Adam in "Oranges"?

2. In "Los Angeles," what does the narrator describe her husband as?

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

4. What does the salesman drink in "Peking Duck"?

5. What does the narrator say she remembers about Adam in "Oranges" when they leave their last meeting?

(see the answer key)

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