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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Phlebotomist.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Mistress.

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

3. The vignette entitled "Another Cook" focuses on what other Cook besides James Cook?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Edward.

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Cuba.
(c) Thailand.
(d) China.

9. 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.

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

11. The vignette entitled "The Achilles Tendon" opens in what year?
(a) 1542.
(b) 1442.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1692.

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

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

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

15. The woman with the red suitcase stops in what location on her way home from visiting her ex-lover?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. The image of a hand on a postcard causes the narrator to fixate on what objects as she moves about the world?

2. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?

3. The narrator claims that what object reveals the natural state of the world?

4. The narrator discusses a statue of what entity that appeared to have arrived in the world fully-formed?

5. Achilles's mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to accomplish what goal?

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