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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The after-dinner entertainment causes what reaction in the narrator and her companion?
(a) They scream.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They cry.
(d) They faint.

2. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

3. One of Flight's vignettes sees the narrator judging a friend of hers who hates to travel in what manner?
(a) Alone.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Cheaply.
(d) Slowly.

4. One of the vignettes focuses on a poet who works in what capacity?
(a) As a doctor.
(b) As a travel guide.
(c) As a chef.
(d) As a judge.

5. The two businessmen sitting next to the narrator are traveling to a conference on what subject?
(a) Electric vehicles.
(b) Wind power.
(c) Solar radiation.
(d) Nuclear power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain James Cook's search for a mysterious island is depicted as taking place in what year?

2. In the vignette entitled "Flights," the narrator states that "everything is" (227) what in hell?

3. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?

4. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?

5. The vignette about whales posits that on the rare occasion when a beached whale is saved, it is sent to what country?

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