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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charlotta's personal touch is detectable in the drawings of what two objects on the labels of the specimen jars?
(a) Octopi and kelp.
(b) Seashells and coral.
(c) Otters and whales.
(d) Fish and snails.

2. In which direction does the narrator's plane fly in the vignette entitled "Irkutsk-Moscow" (225)?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

3. When Verheyen's student imagines his teacher, he pictures him using what type of writing implement?
(a) A feather pen.
(b) A Sharpie.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A crayon.

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

5. The fact with which the narrator is most infatuated has to do with what part of the human body?
(a) The ear.
(b) The tongue.
(c) The nose.
(d) The appendix.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that the view from any point between that of the frog and the bird "just leads to" (178) what?

2. The ruler at the center of two vignettes decides to bring only which members of his family along during his escape?

3. At what time of day do the homes of one country's citizens become small stages, according to the narrator?

4. Who notices during their visits that Verheyen is becoming increasingly obsessed with his amputated body part?

5. What part of a woman's body does the narrator compare to fingerprints in relation to uniqueness?

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