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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 is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?
(a) Her teaching years.
(b) Her high school years.
(c) Her thirties.
(d) Her college years.

2. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?
(a) She urges them to narrate their lives.
(b) She urges them to interrupt their lives.
(c) She urges them to dedicate their lives to God.
(d) She urges them to document their lives.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. In the vignette entitled "Travel Tales," the narrator wonders whether she should speak in what form, rather than in stories?
(a) Lectures.
(b) Riddles.
(c) Poems.
(d) Songs.

14. Within the narrative, which character envisions the first iteration of a travel agency?
(a) Edward Cook.
(b) James Cook.
(c) Thomas Cook.
(d) Elijah Cook.

15. What does the woman with the red suitcase do for a living?
(a) She designs interior spaces.
(b) She designs poisons.
(c) She is a landscaping designer.
(d) She is a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?

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

4. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?

5. The narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?

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