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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Peking Duck - Tomorrow, Pages 183 - 226).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best part of G, according to Beatrice?
(a) In the middle when you sing.
(b) In the end when you almost die.
(c) In the beginning when you become two bodies.
(d) In the beginning when you feel as if you are floating.

2. Whose work does the narrator's class critique in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Dirk Gengson's.
(b) Herman Melville's.
(c) Lydia Davis's.
(d) Alice Wong's.

3. In "Los Angeles," how many ex-boyfriends are there?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.

4. What does the back wing of the narrator's house smell like when she opens it up in "Los Angeles"?
(a) A spring garden.
(b) A mildewed church basement.
(c) Food.
(d) Nothing.

5. What conference does Marie present at in "Office Hours"?
(a) HFF.
(b) BFF.
(c) GFF.
(d) JFF.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the wife in the family ask the mother to do before she leaves work in "Peking Duck"?

3. Why did Adam often lose jobs in "Oranges"?

4. Where did Aaron and the narrator of "Los Angeles" first meet?

5. What does the narrator say she remembers about Adam in "Oranges" when they leave their last meeting?

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