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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 rave.
(b) A lecture.
(c) An informal college reunion.
(d) A bookstore.

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

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

4. Where does the narrator move when she first comes to the U.S. in "Peking Duck"?
(a) New York.
(b) Utah.
(c) Alabama.
(d) California.

5. What does the narrator prefer to drink when she regularly drinks in "Returning"?
(a) Gin and tonic.
(b) Vodka soda with lime.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Old Fashioned.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does the narrator do when she is first married in "Returning"?
(a) Attempt suicide.
(b) Get several new jobs.
(c) Devote herself to being a good housewife.
(d) Have a baby right away.

12. In "Returning," how many things does the narrator believe make a meal?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

14. What conference does Marie present at in "Office Hours"?
(a) BFF.
(b) GFF.
(c) JFF.
(d) HFF.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the professor tell Marie he has left in the woods in "Office Hours"?

4. What does the flight attendant tell the narrator there is the same word for that has two meanings in "Returning"?

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

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