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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 narrator think of the ring Peter gives her for engagement in "Returning"?
(a) She does not like the color of the stone.
(b) It is too round.
(c) It is too small.
(d) It is too extravagant.

2. 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.

3. Who first helps the narrator at the airline's service counter in "Returning"?
(a) Rendie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Serk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother work at in "Peking Duck"?

2. What do the narrator and her husband do at the very end of "Returning"?

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

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

5. Who does the narrator begin spending a lot of time with in "Returning"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator realize she cannot leave the airport in "Returning"?

2. Why is Sean confused at the end of "Office Hours"?

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

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

5. What does the narrator act like when she is first married to Peter in "Returning"?

6. What is the purpose of the "Morning Ritual" in "Returning"?

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

8. In "Returning," what does the narrator realize when she wakes up on the plane?

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

10. Why does the narrator panic a bit at the end of "Returning"?

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