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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 is the name of the professor's dog in "Office Hours"?

2. What name does the narrator use for her husband in the end of "Returning"?

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

4. What does the narrator take before flying in "Returning"?

5. What does the professor tell Marie he has left in the woods in "Office Hours"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Marie specialize in in "Office Hours"?

7. What is the narrator's relationship with Y like in "Returning"?

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

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

10. What is Peter's novel, Homecoming, about?

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

What tensions and biases due to racial/ethnic background do both the narrator and her mother in "Peking Duck" experience, and how does Ma represent these biases? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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