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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 professor tell Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?
(a) He wants her to take care of his dog.
(b) He is divorced.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He has always loved her.

2. What conference does Marie present at in "Office Hours"?
(a) JFF.
(b) GFF.
(c) HFF.
(d) BFF.

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

4. What is the narrator's husband's name in his homeland in "Returning"?
(a) Petru.
(b) Helios.
(c) Michael.
(d) Petiere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first helps the narrator at the airline's service counter in "Returning"?

2. How old is the narrator in "Returning" when she writes her novel?

3. Who is the colleague Marie really does not get along with in "Office Hours"?

4. Whose house is the get-together at where the narrator meets old friends in the story "Returning"?

5. What does the narrator think Garboza looks like from the airport in "Returning"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Office Hours," what does the professor show Marie before he dies?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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