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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the professor's dog in "Office Hours"?
(a) Nemo.
(b) Henry.
(c) Dory.
(d) Sal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when she is first married in "Returning"?

2. In "Returning," who is the flight attendant there when the narrator wakes up?

3. What kind of batteries are sold in the airport where the narrator travels in "Returning"?

4. What happens to participants in the festival in the story "Returning"?

5. What does Peter make for the narrator in "Returning" at his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator's story, Two Weeks, about in "Returning"?

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

5. In "Peking Duck," when does the narrator experience winter for the first time?

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

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

8. What is the narrator's reaction to Peter's gifting her the engagement ring in "Returning"?

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

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

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