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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator repeats again and again that each of her "pilgrimages aims at some other" (266) what?
(a) Pilgrim.
(b) Goal.
(c) Reality.
(d) World.

3. The vignette entitled "The Achilles Tendon" opens in what year?
(a) 1542.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1442.
(d) 1892.

4. In what way does the pilgrim who reveres a philosopher interpret what he observes?
(a) He concludes that the point of life is to mimic others' actions.
(b) He concludes that chaos is inevitable.
(c) He concludes that all beings are one.
(d) He concludes that the point of life is to graze the dust in search of mystery.

5. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?
(a) They are destructive in their overanalysis.
(b) They are written by people who never travel.
(c) They are helpful for young travelers.
(d) Every location in them should be avoided.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes Dr. Blau to leave before discovering the secret preservation techniques?

2. The narrator states that darkness causes her to feel like taking what action?

3. What is the name of the man famous for his preservation techniques, causing Dr. Blau to seek out his home?

4. Once Kunicki's wife and child go missing, the locals keep repeating to Kunicki that the island is not what?

5. The first pilgrim featured within Flights takes annual vacations of what length?

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