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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Here I Am"- "Wikipedia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the first vignettes focus on the narrator's motivations for writing?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. The first pilgrim focused upon within the narrative of Flights is whom?
(a) A young man.
(b) A middle-aged man.
(c) A little boy.
(d) An old man.

3. How does the narrator view the locations in which she has been hurt?
(a) She makes a point of creating happy memories in them.
(b) She longs to settle in them.
(c) She obsesses over them.
(d) She blocks them out of her memory.

4. The narrator pursues a degree in what discipline during her time at the university?
(a) Biology.
(b) Education.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Philosophy.

5. The first pilgrim featured within Flights takes annual vacations of what length?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Tokarczuk use as a metaphor for the river upon her first time there?

2. When the narrator attends the lecture about travel psychology, what does she conclude about its length?

3. What type of receptacle is featured in the vignette about the collection of oddities?

4. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?

5. The first vignette in Flight describes the narrator's discovery of what element as a toddler?

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