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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Annushka wishes for someone to witness her pain, she visits what location?
(a) A plateau.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A church.
(d) A bank.

2. The narrator repeats again and again that each of her "pilgrimages aims at some other" (266) what?
(a) Reality.
(b) Pilgrim.
(c) Goal.
(d) World.

3. In the vignette entitled "Godzone," a woman from what country packs her red suitcase?
(a) Myanmar.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Japan.

4. 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.

5. The narrator proclaims that "seeing means" (182) what?
(a) Believing.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Craving.
(d) Knowing.

6. In the vignette entitled "Whales, or: Drowning in Air," the narrator depicts a beached whale in what location?
(a) Florida.
(b) Australia.
(c) California.
(d) Japan.

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

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

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

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

11. What service does the woman with the red suitcase perform for her ex-lover when she visits him?
(a) She organizes his medicine cabinet.
(b) She makes him dinner.
(c) She assists him with suicide.
(d) She satisfies him sexually.

12. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator is staying at a hotel in what city?
(a) Prague.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

13. The narrator claims that when a beached whale is saved and is sent to a particular country, its fate is what?
(a) To be turned into dog food.
(b) To have its blubber harvested.
(c) To live in an aquarium.
(d) To die alone.

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

15. 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) Otters and whales.
(c) Seashells and coral.
(d) Octopi and kelp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nebojsa claims that travelers are pure because they have no time to think about what subject?

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

4. The narrator states that the view from any point between that of the frog and the bird "just leads to" (178) what?

5. Annushka begins taking what form of transport ceaselessly throughout each day?

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