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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator requires an electric socket in order to power what necessary item?
(a) A nightlight.
(b) A can opener.
(c) A hairdryer.
(d) A teakettle.

2. The narrator claims that when a beached whale is saved and is sent to a particular country, its fate is what?
(a) To live in an aquarium.
(b) To have its blubber harvested.
(c) To be turned into dog food.
(d) To die alone.

3. The university attended by the narrator had previously served as an outpost for what group?
(a) The Hare Krishna.
(b) The Sons of Norway.
(c) The Hitler Youth.
(d) The S.S.

4. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?
(a) The Zulu.
(b) The Celts.
(c) The Maori.
(d) The Amazons.

5. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator proclaims that "seeing means" (182) what?

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

3. The sanskrit Kali Yuga refers to which cycle of the world?

4. The vignette entitled "The Achilles Tendon" opens in what year?

5. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?

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