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

2. In "Returning," who is the flight attendant there when the narrator wakes up?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Helena.
(c) Amina.
(d) Jane.

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

4. What does the narrator's husband want to do in the story :Returning" that the narrator is dragging her feet on?
(a) Start a business.
(b) Change jobs.
(c) Buy a home.
(d) Get divorced.

5. Where does the narrator see Peter walking without her in the story "Returning"?
(a) Towards the town.
(b) To the plane.
(c) Towards the sea.
(d) Towards the taxis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Returning," how many things does the narrator believe make a cocktail?

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

3. What does the professor show Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter tell the narrator he believes in when they get engaged in "Returning"?

2. What tradition do the narrator and Peter go to Garboza for in "Returning"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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