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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?
(a) Naive.
(b) Minor.
(c) Mortal.
(d) Narrative.

2. Annushka begins taking what form of transport ceaselessly throughout each day?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A boat.
(c) A bus.
(d) A train.

3. The narrator uses what location to demonstrate the vast feelings of being present experienced by the passengers flying from Irkutsk to Moscow?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Cucamonga.
(d) Timbuktu.

4. What year is depicted when the vignette first joins Philip Verheyen?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1493.
(d) 1991.

5. In Josefine Soliman's final letter to Francis I, she accuses him of what transgression?
(a) Welshing on a bet.
(b) Lying.
(c) Playing God.
(d) Apologizing insincerely.

6. The woman with the red suitcase is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?
(a) Her teaching years.
(b) Her college years.
(c) Her high school years.
(d) Her thirties.

7. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

8. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Christ.

9. Captain James Cook's search for a mysterious island is depicted as taking place in what year?
(a) 1733.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1684.
(d) 1769.

10. The Day of the Dead is a festival that lasts for what length of time?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 afternoon.
(d) 1 week.

11. In which direction does the narrator's plane fly in the vignette entitled "Irkutsk-Moscow" (225)?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

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

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

15. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?
(a) Because they contain more human drama.
(b) Because they require no purchase.
(c) Because they are carpeted.
(d) Because they are quieter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that the airport in which city is shaped like a spine?

2. Within the narrative, which character envisions the first iteration of a travel agency?

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

4. The narrator notes that Nebojsa's name sounds exactly like the Polish phrase that means what in English?

5. What service does the woman with the red suitcase perform for her ex-lover when she visits him?

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