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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to participants in the festival in the story "Returning"?
(a) They are bitten by owls.
(b) They are buried alive.
(c) They are washed an scrubbed.
(d) They are subjected to stabbing.

5. What kind of batteries are sold in the airport where the narrator travels in "Returning"?
(a) Icelandic.
(b) Russian.
(c) Helenic.
(d) Duracogg.

6. What work do both the narrator and her husband do in "Returning"?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Law.
(c) Accountancy.
(d) Writing.

7. Whose work does the narrator's class critique in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Alice Wong's.
(b) Lydia Davis's.
(c) Herman Melville's.
(d) Dirk Gengson's.

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

9. What does the narrator take before flying in "Returning"?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Ambien.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Cocaine.

10. Where do the narrator and her husband first meet in the story "Returning"?
(a) As neighbors.
(b) A promotion circuit for their books.
(c) The farm.
(d) The library.

11. What is the name of one of Marie's classes she teaches in "Office Hours"?
(a) The Disappearing Woman.
(b) Olio.
(c) German Cinema.
(d) Italian Cinema.

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

13. Why does the narrator have a hard time leaving the airport in "Returning"?
(a) She does not have her passport or visa.
(b) Her leg is broken.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is too hungry.

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

15. Why does the narrator first spend the night at Y's house in "Returning"?
(a) Her husband kicks her out.
(b) Flood.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) Snowstorm.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the priest tell the narrator the soil of the Garboza forest is like in "Returning"?

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

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

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