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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bonnie wear of Beatrice's in the end of the story "G"?

2. In "Los Angeles," what car does the narrator often drive?

3. Where is Beatrice moving when the story "G" opens?

4. What does the narrator's ex-boyfriend implore her not to do in the end of "Yeti Lovemaking"?

5. What does Bonnie do in the story "G" that betrays Beatrice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Beatrice especially worried about having traces of G in her system the night she and Bonnie take it together?

2. Who does the narrator follow in the story "Oranges"?

3. Why does Beatrice eventually have a falling-out with Bonnie?

4. How does Beth react to the narrator's intrusion in "Oranges"?

5. How does the narrator's husband speak in "Los Angeles"?

6. What do the narrator's ex-boyfriends do for her children in "Los Angeles"?

7. How does the narrator think Adam looks at the end of the story "Oranges"?

8. What is the significance of the orange in "Oranges"?

9. What problems did Beatrice once have with her body image?

10. How does Bonnie betray Beatrice even before she overdoses Beatrice with G?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ma treat the topic of environmental disaster and anxiety in the story "Tomorrow"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does the narrator in the story "Yeti Lovemaking" feel when she finds out the man she has gone home with is actually a mythical, non-human creature? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Ma intends the "Morning Festival" and ceremony to symbolize in the story "Returning"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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