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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Marie eventually take in "Office Hours"?
(a) Film professor.
(b) Hospital administrator.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

2. What does Marie do in the forest at the end of "Office Hours"?
(a) Scream.
(b) Swim.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Eat.

3. What is the name of one of Marie's classes she teaches in "Office Hours"?
(a) Olio.
(b) German Cinema.
(c) Italian Cinema.
(d) The Disappearing Woman.

4. Who is the colleague Marie really does not get along with in "Office Hours"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Michale.
(c) Rob.
(d) Sean.

5. What does the professor tell Marie he has left in the woods in "Office Hours"?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His book.
(c) His coffee from many years ago.
(d) His dog.

6. What is the name of the professor's dog in "Office Hours"?
(a) Sal.
(b) Dory.
(c) Henry.
(d) Nemo.

7. What does Marie think might have led to her getting a tenure-track position in "Office Hours"?
(a) Her excellent writing.
(b) Her family background.
(c) Her intellect.
(d) Her desperation.

8. Who always speaks first in the narrator's writing class in "Peking Duck"?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Henry.
(c) Alice.
(d) Thom.

9. In "Returning," who is the flight attendant there when the narrator wakes up?
(a) Helena.
(b) Jane.
(c) Amina.
(d) Jennifer.

10. Who first helps the narrator at the airline's service counter in "Returning"?
(a) Rendie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Serk.

11. What does Peter say about burying the dead in Garboza in "Returning"?
(a) They are not buried deep.
(b) They are buried very deep.
(c) They are all cremated.
(d) They are buried in a ceremony.

12. In "Returning," where does the narrator awaken?
(a) A lake.
(b) A plane.
(c) An unfamiliar apartment.
(d) A forest.

13. Where does the narrator see Peter walking without her in the story "Returning"?
(a) Towards the taxis.
(b) To the plane.
(c) Towards the sea.
(d) Towards the town.

14. What does the professor show Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?
(a) The sea.
(b) The magical candle.
(c) The book.
(d) The chamber to another dimension.

15. What does the priest tell the narrator the soil of the Garboza forest is like in "Returning"?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Dry.
(c) Magical.
(d) Rich and old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Y about the trip she is taking with her husband in the story "Returning"?

2. What does the narrator's mother work at in "Peking Duck"?

3. What book does Peter write in "Returning"?

4. Who discovers the passageway in "Office Hours" at the end?

5. What does the professor tell Marie shortly before he dies in "Office Hours"?

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