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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Office Hours," how long would Marie and the professor talk during her junior year?
(a) They never talked.
(b) Very rarely.
(c) An hour every week.
(d) At least 5 hours per week.

2. What does the narrator think Garboza looks like from the airport in "Returning"?
(a) Her own hometown.
(b) A minefield.
(c) A Brueghel painting.
(d) A war zone.

3. Who always speaks first in the narrator's writing class in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Alice.
(b) Henry.
(c) Thom.
(d) Gladys.

4. Where is Marie's office in "Office Hours"?
(a) Cold Hallow.
(b) Maning Hall.
(c) Mitchell Hall.
(d) Godspeed Hall.

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

6. Who is one of Marie's colleagues in "Office Hours"?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Biff.
(c) Carolyn.
(d) Henry.

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

8. In "Returning," how many things does the narrator believe make a cocktail?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

10. What can the narrator see through the airport windows in "Returning"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The camp.
(c) The town on the hill.
(d) The church.

11. What does the narrator tell Y about the trip she is taking with her husband in the story "Returning"?
(a) It is a trip she really wants to go on.
(b) It is an inexpensive trip.
(c) It is a very expensive trip.
(d) It is a belated honeymoon.

12. Who helps dig the people up from the Morning Ceremony in "Returning"?
(a) The town elder.
(b) The gravedigger.
(c) The priest.
(d) The mayor.

13. Who first helps the narrator at the airline's service counter in "Returning"?
(a) Serk.
(b) Rendie.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Helen.

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

15. Whose house is the get-together at where the narrator meets old friends in the story "Returning"?
(a) W's.
(b) M's.
(c) L's.
(d) Y's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and her husband do at the very end of "Returning"?

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

3. What does Peter make for the narrator in "Returning" at his apartment?

4. What does Peter say about burying the dead in Garboza in "Returning"?

5. Who discovers the passageway in "Office Hours" at the end?

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