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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 laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) Spanish.

2. When Annushka wishes for someone to witness her pain, she visits what location?
(a) A plateau.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A church.
(d) A bank.

3. Charlotta's personal touch is detectable in the drawings of what two objects on the labels of the specimen jars?
(a) Otters and whales.
(b) Fish and snails.
(c) Octopi and kelp.
(d) Seashells and coral.

4. What are the categories of television identified by the narrator when she has insomnia?
(a) Pornography, religion, violence, politics, and entertainment.
(b) Pornography, religion, violence, and politics.
(c) Pornography, religion, and violence.
(d) Pornography and religion.

5. How is Dr. Blau's talk about silicone plastination received by his audience?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) Curtly.
(c) Disinterestedly.
(d) Blandly.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the flight from Irkutsk arrive in Moscow?

2. One of the vignettes focuses on a poet who works in what capacity?

3. The woman with the red suitcase makes several trips to what country?

4. In the vignette entitled "Travel Tales," the narrator wonders whether she should speak in what form, rather than in stories?

5. During Annushka's endless trips around the city, she finds a mentor in whom?

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