"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" -- Chapter 1

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1. Complete the opening line: "It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression 'As pretty as ..." a passport photo. an airport. a taxi. pie.

2. Feisty American Kate Schecter was thwarted in her attempts to catch a flight to Oslo. Which was NOT one of the impediments she overcame in her ultimately futile effort? The pregnancy of her cat. The traffic on the M-4. The death of her neighbor. The flat tire on her car.

3. At first, Kate tried to help the large, Nordic man get aboard the flight to Oslo. But she learned something that made her give up. What? He had no ticket. He had no passport. Both. Neither.

4. Why was Kate trying to get to Oslo, anyway? To meet a man. To see the fjords. To research an article. To see the aurora Borealis.

5. Fill in the blank: Jean-Philippe was, Kate reflected, "the most continually ____ person she had ever met." Answer: (One Word)

6. Back to the large, Nordic man at the check-in counter. What did Kate think looked thoroughly out of place around him? Answer: (Two words, one of which is an article.)

7. The big Nordic man's eyes were large and blue, and also what? Proud and bloodshot. Distant and unfocused. Cold and piercing. Arrogant and muddled.

8. What did Kate give the big Nordic man? A kiss. A packet of biscuits. A dirty look. Her address.

9. How did the large, Nordic man's attempts to board the flight to Oslo end? The check-in desk exploded. The flight left while he was arguing with the check-in girl. He was able to board. He stormed off in disgust.

10. What was Kate relieved to be thinking just as she passed out? That at least the annoying check-in girl was out of her life. That at least she wasn't in Oslo. That she hadn't been just imagining that it was a bad day. That at least the infuriating large Nordic man was out of her life.