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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of a woman's body does the narrator compare to fingerprints in relation to uniqueness?
(a) The earlobe.
(b) The breast.
(c) The tongue.
(d) The vulva.

2. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?
(a) The line of people at the bank.
(b) The feet of people rushing along the street.
(c) The hooves of horses galloping by.
(d) The flight of birds.

3. As the narrator flips through television channels while unable to sleep, she determines that everything falls into how many categories?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. When the narrator attends the lecture about travel psychology, what does she conclude about its length?
(a) It was not long enough.
(b) It was precisely the right length.
(c) It was too long.
(d) It should never have started in the first place.

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

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

7. What type of receptacle is featured in the vignette about the collection of oddities?
(a) A cabinet.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A sink.
(d) A cupboard.

8. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?
(a) An ocean.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A train.
(d) A nest.

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

10. The two businessmen sitting next to the narrator are traveling to a conference on what subject?
(a) Solar radiation.
(b) Nuclear power.
(c) Electric vehicles.
(d) Wind power.

11. The narrator comes to believe that change is different from permanence in what way?
(a) Change is inevitable, while permanence is chosen.
(b) Change is nobler than permanence.
(c) Permanence is nobler than change.
(d) Permanence is easier than change.

12. The narrator compares herself to what part of the body while discussing her role as a writer?
(a) An ear.
(b) A nose.
(c) An arm.
(d) A leg.

13. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?
(a) A sultan.
(b) A nun.
(c) A factory worker.
(d) A stewardess.

14. What is the narrator's destination during her first true experience with travel?
(a) A swimming pool.
(b) A park.
(c) A library.
(d) A river.

15. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?
(a) The Zulu.
(b) The Maori.
(c) The Amazons.
(d) The Celts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?

2. Josefine Solomon's letter is addressed to "Francis, Emperor of" (165) what country?

3. The locals on the island visited by Kunicki's family produce their own what?

4. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?

5. The narrator states that the person at the center of "Sarira" has a body that will transform into what object upon her death?

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