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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?
(a) Broken.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) False.
(d) Shiny.

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

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

4. The narrator requires an electric socket in order to power what necessary item?
(a) A teakettle.
(b) A hairdryer.
(c) A nightlight.
(d) A can opener.

5. The narrator enjoys the idea of performing what activity as a moral obligation to one's people?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Having in-person conversations.
(c) Reading books.
(d) Watching films.

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

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

8. The narrator likes to read facts from the package of what product?
(a) Sanitary pads.
(b) Chewing gum.
(c) Milk.
(d) Cereal.

9. The narrator deems her friend who does not like to travel alone to be a bad what?
(a) Date.
(b) Pilgrim.
(c) Liar.
(d) Person.

10. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?
(a) A work by Nietzsche.
(b) A work by Descartes.
(c) A work by Cioran.
(d) A work by Hobbes.

11. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His mother.

12. The vignettes mentioning Menchu focuses on what type of ruler?
(a) A sultan.
(b) A shah.
(c) A president.
(d) A king.

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

14. How many of the first vignettes focus on the narrator's motivations for writing?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator pursues a degree in what discipline during her time at the university?

2. The fact with which the narrator is most infatuated has to do with what part of the human body?

3. What object is used to symbolize the tendency of certain people to seek life improvement through travel?

4. The donkey owner observes that the American tourists are different from the others in what way?

5. In what location does Dr. Blau store all of his tissue samples and medical exhibits?

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