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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator prefer to drink when she regularly drinks in "Returning"?
(a) Old Fashioned.
(b) Gin and tonic.
(c) Vodka soda with lime.
(d) Manhattan.

2. How old is the narrator in "Returning" when she writes her novel?
(a) 28.
(b) 19.
(c) 23.
(d) 35.

3. What work do both the narrator and her husband do in "Returning"?
(a) Accountancy.
(b) Writing.
(c) Law.
(d) Landscaping.

4. In "Returning," who does the narrator travel with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her husband.

5. Who helps dig the people up from the Morning Ceremony in "Returning"?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The priest.
(c) The gravedigger.
(d) The town elder.

6. What is the name of the narrator's husband in "Returning"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Peter.
(c) Michael.
(d) Yo.

7. Who is one of Marie's colleagues in "Office Hours"?
(a) Biff.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Henry.
(d) Carolyn.

8. What does the narrator think of the ring Peter gives her for engagement in "Returning"?
(a) She does not like the color of the stone.
(b) It is too small.
(c) It is too round.
(d) It is too extravagant.

9. Who discovers the passageway in "Office Hours" at the end?
(a) The professor's widow.
(b) The professor's daughter.
(c) Sean.
(d) Carolyn.

10. Why does the narrator have a hard time leaving the airport in "Returning"?
(a) She does not have her passport or visa.
(b) Her leg is broken.
(c) She is too hungry.
(d) She is sick.

11. What work does the narrator do in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Writing.
(c) Law.
(d) Accounting.

12. What happens to participants in the festival in the story "Returning"?
(a) They are buried alive.
(b) They are washed an scrubbed.
(c) They are bitten by owls.
(d) They are subjected to stabbing.

13. What happens to the flowers Marie brings from the passageway to her office in "Office Hours"?
(a) They disappear.
(b) They bloom into a garden.
(c) They immediately rot.
(d) They smell very fragrant.

14. What kind of batteries are sold in the airport where the narrator travels in "Returning"?
(a) Russian.
(b) Duracogg.
(c) Helenic.
(d) Icelandic.

15. What does the narrator think Garboza looks like from the airport in "Returning"?
(a) A Brueghel painting.
(b) A war zone.
(c) A minefield.
(d) Her own hometown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose work does the narrator's class critique in "Peking Duck"?

2. What has Y written in the story "Returning"?

3. What does the narrator do when she is first married in "Returning"?

4. What does the narrator's mother tell her she needs to be in the story "Peking Duck"?

5. What is the coffee shop Marie often goes to in "Office Hours"?

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