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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," what does the narrator's traveling companion take before she wakes up?
2. What do Marie's visits to the passageway do as time goes on in "Office Hours"?
3. What does the professor tell Marie he has left in the woods in "Office Hours"?
4. What does the priest tell the narrator the soil of the Garboza forest is like in "Returning"?
5. What book does the narrator write in "Returning"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tradition do the narrator and Peter go to Garboza for in "Returning"?
2. Why do the narrator and her mother never eat peking duck in the story "Peking Duck"?
3. Why is Sean confused at the end of "Office Hours"?
4. What is one student's criticism of the narrator's story about the nanny in "Peking Duck"?
5. How does the narrator in "Returning" feel at her college reunion?
6. What is the danger of the "Morning Ritual" in "Returning"?
7. What does the narrator act like when she is first married to Peter in "Returning"?
8. What is the purpose of the "Morning Ritual" in "Returning"?
9. In "Returning," what does the narrator realize when she wakes up on the plane?
10. In "Peking Duck," when does the narrator experience winter for the first time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the narrator in the story "Yeti Lovemaking" feel when she finds out the man she has gone home with is actually a mythical, non-human creature? 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
What does the mating call of the yeti and the narrator in "Yeti Lovemaking" symbolize in Ma's telling of this story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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