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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is used to symbolize the tendency of certain people to seek life improvement through travel?
(a) A lottery ticket.
(b) A poker hand.
(c) An egg timer.
(d) A pair of dice.

2. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator meets a woman who hails from what type of location?
(a) A peninsula.
(b) A desert.
(c) An island.
(d) A forest.

3. In what location does Dr. Blau store all of his tissue samples and medical exhibits?
(a) The basement of the university.
(b) The bathtub of his home.
(c) In the university laboratory.
(d) The refrigerator of his home.

4. The Day of the Dead is a festival that lasts for what length of time?
(a) 1 afternoon.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 1 week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes that Nebojsa's name sounds exactly like the Polish phrase that means what in English?

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

3. The narrator's first true experience with travel takes place during what period of her life?

4. A character with what name believes that every human should write a book?

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

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