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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Philip Verheyen was a real person from history who held what position?
(a) Astrophysicist.
(b) Congressman.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Astronaut.

2. At what time does the flight from Irkutsk arrive in Moscow?
(a) 10 in the morning.
(b) 8 in the morning.
(c) 10 in the evening.
(d) 8 in the evening.

3. In the vignette entitled "Flights," the narrator states that "everything is" (227) what in hell?
(a) Hypothetical.
(b) Lost.
(c) Pointy.
(d) On fire.

4. Captain James Cook's search for a mysterious island is depicted as taking place in what year?
(a) 1684.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1769.
(d) 1733.

5. The narrator tells the reader that what location is a good place to practice her favorite skill?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Holland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Argentina.

6. What city is referred to as the Eternal City?
(a) Paris.
(b) Vatican City.
(c) Turin.
(d) Rome.

7. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Christ.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) John the Baptist.

8. What part of the fictional Philip Verheyen's own body does he dissect over the course of several years?
(a) His foot.
(b) His arm.
(c) His leg.
(d) His ear.

9. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?
(a) Because they are carpeted.
(b) Because they require no purchase.
(c) Because they contain more human drama.
(d) Because they are quieter.

10. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?
(a) Naive.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Minor.
(d) Mortal.

11. The narrator refers to the inevitable entrapment of people who have not mastered the art of taking what action?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Creating.
(d) Speaking.

12. The narrator says that the airport in which city is shaped like a plane?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Denver.

13. The narrator gives a ride to a young man named Nebojsa who tells her what kinds of stories?
(a) War.
(b) Origin myths.
(c) Tall tales.
(d) Love.

14. The woman with the red suitcase is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?
(a) Her college years.
(b) Her high school years.
(c) Her teaching years.
(d) Her thirties.

15. When the narrator dreams of cities as enormous tree trunks, what is her estimation of how high the live trees must have reached?
(a) 100 kilometers.
(b) 1500 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 300 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator sees a postcard meant to evoke Rome with an image of whose hand?

2. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?

3. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?

4. Annushka begins taking what form of transport ceaselessly throughout each day?

5. The narrator describes the nocturnal brain using an allusion to which mythological figure?

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