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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem the flight attendant tells the narrator with the festival in the story "Returning"?
(a) The ceremony is dark magic.
(b) The ceremony does not really work.
(c) The ceremony is outlawed.
(d) Not everyone survives the ceremony.

2. Who does the narrator begin spending a lot of time with in "Returning"?
(a) L.
(b) K.
(c) M.
(d) Y.

3. What does Peter say he wants in "Returning"?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Security.
(c) Tradition, and the things his own parents had.
(d) An open relationship.

4. What does Peter say about burying the dead in Garboza in "Returning"?
(a) They are not buried deep.
(b) They are all cremated.
(c) They are buried very deep.
(d) They are buried in a ceremony.

5. In "Returning," what does the narrator's traveling companion take before she wakes up?
(a) Their travel bag.
(b) Her scarf.
(c) Their child.
(d) Their food.

6. What name does the narrator use for her husband in the end of "Returning"?
(a) Petru.
(b) Pete.
(c) Michael.
(d) Tamer.

7. In "Peking Duck," who does the narrator live with before moving to the U.S.?
(a) Her sibling.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her grandparents.

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

9. How old is the narrator in "Returning" when she writes her novel?
(a) 35.
(b) 19.
(c) 23.
(d) 28.

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

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

12. What does the narrator's husband want to do in the story :Returning" that the narrator is dragging her feet on?
(a) Start a business.
(b) Buy a home.
(c) Change jobs.
(d) Get divorced.

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

14. What happens to the flowers Marie brings from the passageway to her office in "Office Hours"?
(a) They immediately rot.
(b) They bloom into a garden.
(c) They smell very fragrant.
(d) They disappear.

15. What does the narrator's mother ask about her writing in the story "Peking Duck"?
(a) Where she gets her ideas.
(b) How much money she makes.
(c) Whether she likes her work or not.
(d) How long it takes her to write.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator see Peter walking without her in the story "Returning"?

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

3. What does the narrator think of the ring Peter gives her for engagement in "Returning"?

4. Who first helps the narrator at the airline's service counter in "Returning"?

5. What happens to participants in the festival in the story "Returning"?

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