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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The narrator discusses a statue of what entity that appeared to have arrived in the world fully-formed?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Gonesh.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who notices during their visits that Verheyen is becoming increasingly obsessed with his amputated body part?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Van Horssen.
(c) Professor Ruysch.
(d) The narrator.

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

13. When Verheyen's student imagines his teacher, he pictures him using what type of writing implement?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A Sharpie.
(c) A crayon.
(d) A feather pen.

14. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?
(a) The 15th.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 16th.
(d) The 17th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator dreams of cities as enormous tree trunks, what is her estimation of how high the live trees must have reached?

2. For what reason does the narrator lament the plights of people who speak a particular language?

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

4. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?

5. In the vignette entitled "Travel Tales," the narrator wonders whether she should speak in what form, rather than in stories?

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