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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator go alone to meet old friends in the story "Returning"?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A rave.
(c) A lecture.
(d) An informal college reunion.

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

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

4. What does the priest tell the narrator the soil of the Garboza forest is like in "Returning"?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Dry.
(c) Rich and old.
(d) Magical.

5. What do the narrator and her husband do at the very end of "Returning"?
(a) Get a divorce.
(b) Look at each other.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Fight.

6. What is the coffee shop Marie often goes to in "Office Hours"?
(a) Bulldog's and Veno's.
(b) Holy Grounds.
(c) Stewey's.
(d) Emblem.

7. What book does the narrator write in "Returning"?
(a) Two Weeks.
(b) Five Days.
(c) The Alien.
(d) Molina.

8. What does the narrator's mother always drink in restaurants in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Juice.
(b) Water.
(c) Tea.
(d) Soda.

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

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

11. What does the professor tell Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?
(a) He wants her to take care of his dog.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He has always loved her.
(d) He is divorced.

12. Why is the narrator worried about Peter in the end of the story "Returning"?
(a) He has drowned.
(b) He is not breathing.
(c) His eyes are closed at first when they dig him up.
(d) He is not in the grave.

13. In "Returning," who does the narrator travel with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her brother.

14. What is the name of the narrator's husband in "Returning"?
(a) Yo.
(b) Henry.
(c) Peter.
(d) Michael.

15. In Peking Duck, where does the narrator often go to learn English?
(a) The store.
(b) The neighbors' house.
(c) The library.
(d) The movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Returning," how many things does the narrator believe make a meal?

2. In "Office Hours," how long would Marie and the professor talk during her junior year?

3. What does Marie sleep on in her own apartment in "Office Hours"?

4. What does the professor show Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?

5. What does the narrator's mother tell her she needs to be in the story "Peking Duck"?

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