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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. The narrator's first true experience with travel takes place during what period of her life?
(a) When she is a young child.
(b) When she is an infant.
(c) When she is a preteen.
(d) When she is a teenager.

2. The narrator states that darkness causes her to feel like taking what action?
(a) Exploring.
(b) Leaving.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Running.

3. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?
(a) A work by Nietzsche.
(b) A work by Descartes.
(c) A work by Hobbes.
(d) A work by Cioran.

4. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?
(a) International trains.
(b) Trains of thought.
(c) Freight trains.
(d) Night trains.

5. The narrator compares herself to what part of the body while discussing her role as a writer?
(a) A leg.
(b) An arm.
(c) An ear.
(d) A nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator view the locations in which she has been hurt?

2. What type of beverage does the narrator invoke to describe the way in which darkness unfolds?

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

4. The narrator remarks that rarity is frequently rewarded with what?

5. What metaphorical object does Tokarczuk use to make a point about aberration and reality?

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