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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 states that the person at the center of "Sarira" has a body that will transform into what object upon her death?
(a) A grain of sand.
(b) A block of wood.
(c) A shard of glass.
(d) A musical note.

2. The narrator refers to the inevitable entrapment of people who have not mastered the art of taking what action?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Creating.
(c) Writing.
(d) Speaking.

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

4. In the vignette entitled "Godzone," a woman from what country packs her red suitcase?
(a) Myanmar.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Japan.
(d) Australia.

5. The narrator tells the reader that what location is a good place to practice her favorite skill?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Holland.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what form of comfort does Kunicki console himself after the disappearance of his wife and child?

2. The narrator gives a ride to a young man named Nebojsa who tells her what kinds of stories?

3. When the narrator dreams of cities as enormous tree trunks, what is her estimation of how high the live trees must have reached?

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

5. For what reason does the narrator believe that her own body will not undergo a transformation at the time of her death?

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