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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what time of day do the homes of one country's citizens become small stages, according to the narrator?
(a) At noon.
(b) At dusk.
(c) At midnight.
(d) At dawn.

3. The vignette about whales posits that on the rare occasion when a beached whale is saved, it is sent to what country?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Cuba.

4. The narrator says that she prefers to be more like a gardener than like a what when it comes to her own narrative?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Fortune teller.
(c) Mistress.
(d) Phlebotomist.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 spit their words at one another.
(c) Because they share such a variety of accents.
(d) Because they have no facility with ideas.

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

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

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

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

15. The narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Tokyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?

2. After Verheyen's recovery, he shows a remarkable talent for practicing what skill?

3. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator meets a woman who hails from what type of location?

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

5. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?

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