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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of the fictional Philip Verheyen's own body does he dissect over the course of several years?
(a) His ear.
(b) His foot.
(c) His leg.
(d) His arm.

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

4. In Josefine Soliman's final letter to Francis I, she accuses him of what transgression?
(a) Welshing on a bet.
(b) Lying.
(c) Apologizing insincerely.
(d) Playing God.

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

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

7. The narrator claims that what object reveals the natural state of the world?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Truth.
(c) Light.
(d) A mirror.

8. The man sitting next to the narrator during the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow has what job?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Travel agent.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Garbage collector.

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

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

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

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

13. The narrator describes the nocturnal brain using an allusion to which mythological figure?
(a) Eros.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Poseidon.

14. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) Christ.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman with the red suitcase is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?

2. The narrator says that the airport in which city is shaped like a spine?

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

4. The woman with the red suitcase has how many grown children?

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

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