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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 can the narrator see through the airport windows in "Returning"?

2. What does the narrator's husband want to do in the story :Returning" that the narrator is dragging her feet on?

3. Where is Marie's office in "Office Hours"?

4. What does the priest tell the narrator the soil of the Garboza forest is like in "Returning"?

5. What does Peter say about burying the dead in Garboza in "Returning"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Sean confused at the end of "Office Hours"?

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

5. In "Peking Duck," when does the narrator experience winter for the first time?

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

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

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

9. Why do the narrator and her mother never eat peking duck in the story "Peking Duck"?

10. What tradition do the narrator and Peter go to Garboza for 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

Why does Ma suggest that the narrator in "Office Hours" stays in the alternative, night-time universe through her office doorway in that story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ma treat the topic of infidelity and faithfulness 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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