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

2. What does Bonnie often criticize about Beatrice in the story "G"?

3. In "Los Angeles," how many ex-boyfriends are there?

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

5. What is unique about the name for yeti lovemaking in the story of the same title?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can happen that is dangerous with G in terms of dosing in "G"?

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

3. What does the narrator tell her daughter about what her children can have in "Los Angeles"?

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

5. When does making love with a yeti become easier in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

6. In "Los Angeles," how does the narrator meet her husband?

7. Why does it turn out that Bonnie wants her and Beatrice to take G one last time together?

8. How old is the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

9. Why does the narrator realize she has followed Adam and talked to Beth in the end of "Oranges"?

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

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 2

What do you think Ma intends the drug "G" to symbolize for both Beatrice and Bonnie in the story "G"? Why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are the mother and daughter in the story "Peking Duck" in constant conflict over, and how does Ma represent and communicate this conflict to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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