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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the flight attendant tell the narrator there is the same word for that has two meanings in "Returning"?
(a) Winter and Fall.
(b) Spring and Summer.
(c) Fall and Spring.
(d) Morning and night.

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

3. What work does the narrator do in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Law.
(d) Writing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Returning," what does the narrator's traveling companion take before she wakes up?

2. What has Y written in the story "Returning"?

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

4. Where is the professor's memorial service held at the university in "Office Hours"?

5. In Peking Duck, where does the narrator often go to learn English?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator puzzle that her mother is able to teach her English in "Peking Duck"?

2. What does the older professor let Marie do in "Office Hours" in his office?

3. Why do the narrator and her mother never eat peking duck in the story "Peking Duck"?

4. What is the danger of the "Morning Ritual" in "Returning"?

5. What is the narrator's relationship with Y like in "Returning"?

6. Why does Marie think she may have ended up on the tenure track in "Office Hours"?

7. What is one student's criticism of the narrator's story about the nanny in "Peking Duck"?

8. How does the narrator in "Returning" feel at her college reunion?

9. How does the narrator eventually get out of the airport in "Returning"?

10. In "Office Hours," what conflicts does Marie have in her department?

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