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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During Annushka's endless trips around the city, she finds a mentor in whom?
(a) A diseased crone.
(b) A mysterious figure.
(c) A shrouded runaway.
(d) A beautiful maiden.

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

4. Philip Verheyen was a real person from history who held what position?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Astronaut.
(c) Astrophysicist.
(d) Congressman.

5. What kind of tree is featured in the vignette in which the narrator meets a man from China?
(a) A bonsai tree.
(b) An elm tree.
(c) A ceiba tree.
(d) A bodhi tree.

6. It is revealed that Verheyen's loss of a body part had been caused by what object?
(a) A truck.
(b) A dog.
(c) A saw.
(d) A nail.

7. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?
(a) Trains.
(b) Taxis.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Credit cards.

8. The narrator sees a postcard meant to evoke Rome with an image of whose hand?
(a) Adam.
(b) God.
(c) Emperor Constantine.
(d) Pope Francis.

9. The narrator notes that Nebojsa's name sounds exactly like the Polish phrase that means what in English?
(a) Take heart.
(b) Keep moving.
(c) Say your prayers.
(d) Do not be afraid.

10. The narrator laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?
(a) Russian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Portuguese.

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

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

13. In the vignette entitled "Flights," the narrator states that "everything is" (227) what in hell?
(a) Lost.
(b) On fire.
(c) Pointy.
(d) Hypothetical.

14. What city is referred to as the Eternal City?
(a) Vatican City.
(b) Turin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

15. The image of a hand on a postcard causes the narrator to fixate on what objects as she moves about the world?
(a) Fingers.
(b) Hairs.
(c) Fingernails.
(d) Knuckles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells the reader that what location is a good place to practice her favorite skill?

2. The narrator describes the nocturnal brain using an allusion to which mythological figure?

3. The narrator gives a ride to a young man named Nebojsa who tells her what kinds of stories?

4. The vignette entitled "The Achilles Tendon" opens in what year?

5. The narrator notes that the airport in which city is shaped like a hieroglyphic?

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