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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The woman with the red suitcase makes several trips to what country?
(a) Thailand.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Poland.

3. Charlotta's personal touch is detectable in the drawings of what two objects on the labels of the specimen jars?
(a) Fish and snails.
(b) Seashells and coral.
(c) Octopi and kelp.
(d) Otters and whales.

4. The narrator says that the airport in which city is shaped like a spine?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?
(a) She urges them to document their lives.
(b) She urges them to interrupt their lives.
(c) She urges them to dedicate their lives to God.
(d) She urges them to narrate their lives.

6. The vignette entitled "The Achilles Tendon" opens in what year?
(a) 1442.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1542.
(d) 1892.

7. The narrator says that the airport in which city is shaped like a plane?
(a) Denver.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Sydney.

8. For what reason does the narrator lament the plights of people who speak a particular language?
(a) Because they spit their words at one another.
(b) Because they share such a variety of accents.
(c) Because they have nothing secret of their own.
(d) Because they have no facility with ideas.

9. After Verheyen's recovery, he shows a remarkable talent for practicing what skill?
(a) Inventing solutions to problems.
(b) Sketching human anatomy.
(c) Writing screenplays.
(d) Seeing the future.

10. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?
(a) Ether.
(b) Gin.
(c) Formaldehyde.
(d) Brandy.

11. The narrator notes that the airport in which city is shaped like a hieroglyphic?
(a) Denver.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Tokyo.

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

13. The narrator gives a ride to a young man named Nebojsa who tells her what kinds of stories?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Origin myths.
(d) Tall tales.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During Annushka's endless trips around the city, she finds a mentor in whom?

2. The image of a hand on a postcard causes the narrator to fixate on what objects as she moves about the world?

3. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?

4. The narrator repeats again and again that each of her "pilgrimages aims at some other" (266) what?

5. In the vignette entitled "Whales, or: Drowning in Air," the narrator depicts a beached whale in what location?

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