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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. In "Returning," where does the narrator awaken?
2. Why does the narrator have a hard time leaving the airport in "Returning"?
3. Whose house is the get-together at where the narrator meets old friends in the story "Returning"?
4. Where is the narrator's husband from in "Returning"?
5. In "Returning," who is the flight attendant there when the narrator wakes up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Marie specialize in in "Office Hours"?
2. How does the narrator in "Returning" feel at her college reunion?
3. Why does the narrator puzzle that her mother is able to teach her English in "Peking Duck"?
4. What does Peter tell the narrator he believes in when they get engaged in "Returning"?
5. What is one student's criticism of the narrator's story about the nanny in "Peking Duck"?
6. Why do the narrator and her mother never eat peking duck in the story "Peking Duck"?
7. Why does Marie think she may have ended up on the tenure track in "Office Hours"?
8. What does the older professor let Marie do in "Office Hours" in his office?
9. What does the narrator act like when she is first married to Peter in "Returning"?
10. Why does the narrator realize she cannot leave the airport in "Returning"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the narrator in the story "Los Angeles" choose to live with her 100 ex-boyfriends? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What are some examples of the ways Ma employs magical realism throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Ma describe the friendship between Bonnie and Beatrice, and what issues of identity do each of these characters struggle with? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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