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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 narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Chicago.

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

3. What item in Kunicki's wife's purse contains the word "Kairos" (344)?
(a) A pack of gum.
(b) A business card.
(c) A ticket.
(d) A tube of lipstick.

4. The owner of the donkeys sells tourists trips meant to mimic the journey of whom?
(a) Moses.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Jesus.

5. The narrator sees herself as "the perfect" (179) what?
(a) Sinner.
(b) Pilgrim.
(c) Liar.
(d) Observer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that she has a decided aversion to what element of life?

2. What metaphorical object does Tokarczuk use to make a point about aberration and reality?

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

4. The narrator is unsettled when driving past billboards that say what?

5. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?

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