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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. Where does the narrator go alone to meet old friends in the story "Returning"?

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

3. What does Marie sleep on in her own apartment in "Office Hours"?

4. Who is one of Marie's colleagues in "Office Hours"?

5. How does the narrator get out of the airport in "Returning"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's reaction to Peter's gifting her the engagement ring in "Returning"?

3. What is the purpose of the "Morning Ritual" in "Returning"?

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

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator eventually get out of the airport in "Returning"?

9. Why does the narrator puzzle that her mother is able to teach her English in "Peking Duck"?

10. What is the narrator's story, Two Weeks, about in "Returning"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems and tensions does the narrator in the story "Office Hours" experience in her professional life at the university? How does she handle these problems and tensions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Ma describe the friendship between Bonnie and Beatrice, and what issues of identity do each of these characters struggle with? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Ma intends the drug "G" to symbolize for both Beatrice and Bonnie in the story "G"? Why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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