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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 does Marie do in the forest at the end of "Office Hours"?
(a) Swim.
(b) Eat.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Scream.

2. How does the narrator get out of the airport in "Returning"?
(a) A guard helps her.
(b) She sneaks out.
(c) She does not get out.
(d) Peter comes back for her.

3. What does the narrator's mother tell her she needs to be in the story "Peking Duck"?
(a) Tough.
(b) Smart.
(c) Sly.
(d) Gentle.

4. Who is Beatrice's ex-boyfriend in "G"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Levi.
(c) Rowan.
(d) Michael.

5. Who discovers the passageway in "Office Hours" at the end?
(a) Sean.
(b) Carolyn.
(c) The professor's widow.
(d) The professor's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the professor's memorial service held at the university in "Office Hours"?

2. What is the narrator's husband's name in his homeland in "Returning"?

3. What does Marie think might have led to her getting a tenure-track position in "Office Hours"?

4. Where is Beatrice living when the story "G" opens?

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

(see the answer key)

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