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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reception Areas at Large Fancy Hotels" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a vignette composed of only one sentence, a time change results in an hour-long flight appearing to be how long?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

3. Nebojsa claims that travelers are pure because they have no time to think about what subject?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Sex.
(d) The past.

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

5. The final two vignettes within Flights focus on what topic?
(a) Deception.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Preservation.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kunicki has an epiphany that what objects are communicating with him using coded messages?

2. The narrator discusses a statue of what entity that appeared to have arrived in the world fully-formed?

3. The church in which the composer's funeral is held prohibits what activity by women within its walls?

4. The vignette entitled "Media Presenters" describes what type of vehicle lying in blood and gasoline?

5. The narrator says that she prefers to be more like a gardener than like a what when it comes to her own narrative?

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