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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Flights" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of beverage does the narrator invoke to describe the way in which darkness unfolds?
(a) Water.
(b) Juice.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Milk.

2. The two businessmen sitting next to the narrator are traveling to a conference on what subject?
(a) Electric vehicles.
(b) Wind power.
(c) Nuclear power.
(d) Solar radiation.

3. The ruler at the center of two vignettes decides to bring only which members of his family along during his escape?
(a) His parents.
(b) His sisters.
(c) His wives.
(d) His children.

4. The narrator claims that when a beached whale is saved and is sent to a particular country, its fate is what?
(a) To die alone.
(b) To live in an aquarium.
(c) To be turned into dog food.
(d) To have its blubber harvested.

5. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?
(a) Credit cards.
(b) Taxis.
(c) Trains.
(d) Cell phones.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, the narrator had dreamt of one day becoming what?

2. In the vignette entitled "Godzone," a woman from what country packs her red suitcase?

3. Josefine Soliman proclaims in her second letter to Francis I that what event took place just weeks ago?

4. The Day of the Dead is a festival that lasts for what length of time?

5. The narrator claims that what object reveals the natural state of the world?

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