Flight MCQs

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Author: Nasir Iqbal | Assistant Professor of English Literature


Updated on: November 21, 2025
Estimated Reading Time: 16 min

Flight MCQs

1. What is the narrator’s common nickname?

A. Boy
B. Zits
C. Michael
D. Lancelot

B. Zits.
The narrator opens the novel by immediately asking the reader to “Call me Zits,” the name everybody uses.

2. What two ethnic groups make up Zits’ ancestry?

A. Irish and Indian
B. English and Sioux
C. Russian and Paiute
D. White and Blackfoot

A. Irish and Indian.
Zits states he is Irish (from his mother) and Indian (from his father), calling it a “coolest blend”.

3. What physical feature did Zits inherit from his father?

A. Clear skin
B. Big Indian nose
C. Brown eyes
D. Short height

B. Big Indian nose.
Zits inherited his father’s ruined complexion, black hair, and also his large “big Indian nose”.

4. What musical preference did Zits share with his mother?

A. White Stripes
B. Kanye West
C. PJ Harvey
D. Blood, Sweat & Tears

D. Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Zits mentions his mother loved the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, particularly the song “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know”.
5. How many foster homes has Zits lived in?

A. Eight
B. Fifteen
C. Twenty
D. Twenty-two

C. Twenty.
Zits lists his life statistics, noting he has lived in twenty different foster homes during his life.

6. What two pairs of items did Zits’ social worker discuss?

A. Ties and shoes
B. Suits and hats
C. Gloves and socks
D. Jeans and shirts

A. Ties and shoes.
The social worker asked Zits if he knew how to knot a necktie or shine a pair of shoes.

7. Who did Zits enjoy getting drunk with in Seattle?

A. Lawyers
B. Foster parents
C. Street Indians
D. Firefighters

C. Street Indians.
Zits likes running away from home to drink with the homeless Indians wandering around downtown Seattle.

8. Why is Zits not legally protected by the Indian Child Welfare Act?

A. He’s too old
B. Not enough Indian
C. Father not legal
D. Mother was white

C. Father not legal.
Zits is not an official Indian because his father was never legally established as his parent.

9. What major gift did Edgar give Zits?

A. A telescope
B. An F-15 fighter jet
C. A set of books
D. A sports car

B. An F-15 fighter jet.
Edgar gave Zits an expensive remote control aeroplane shaped like an F-15 fighter jet.
10. What happened immediately after Zits won the plane race?

A. Edgar praised him
B. Edgar crashed Zits’ plane
C. Zits apologised
D. Zits got scared

B. Edgar crashed Zits’ plane.
After Zits beat Edgar twice, Edgar took Zits’ remote control and flew the plane straight into a tree.

11. What phrase did Zits shout at his new foster father?

A. Eat me
B. Plop
C. Whatever
D. Fuck you

D. Fuck you.
After repeating “Whatever” multiple times, Zits finally cursed the foster father by saying, “Fuck you”.

12. Who is Officer Dave compared to when being described?

A. A poet
B. A soldier
C. A dreamer
D. A magician

A. A poet.
Officer Dave uses metaphors like “sun and moon” and is explicitly called a poet by Zits.

13. What is the name of the public defender Zits usually gets?

A. Dave
B. Russell
C. Ireland
D. Art

B. Russell.
Zits mentions that Russell, a “tallest, skinniest, whitest lawyer,” is his usual public defender.

14. Where does Zits lead the police after he is arrested?

A. Foster home
B. Central District
C. Kid jail
D. Tacoma

C. Kid jail.
Officer Dave and the other cop drive Zits, laughing, to the kid jail located in Seattle’s Central District.
15. Where does Zits meet Justice?

A. Halfway house
B. Warehouse
C. Jail cell
D. Seattle alley

C. Jail cell.
Zits is put in a holding cell where he meets the “pretty white boy” who later reveals his name is Justice.

16. How old is Zits’ new best friend, Justice?

A. Fifteen
B. Sixteen
C. Seventeen
D. Eighteen

C. Seventeen.
When Zits asks Justice his age, Justice replies that he is seventeen years old.

17. What type of weapon did Justice use in their practice sessions?

A. Bow and arrow
B. Paint gun
C. Hand grenade
D. Saber

B. Paint gun.
Justice gives Zits a real pistol and a paint gun, which they use to shoot at people from the roof.

18. What Native American ceremony does Zits tell Justice about?

A. Sun Dance
B. Ghost Dance
C. Powwow
D. Potlatch

B. Ghost Dance.
Zits teaches Justice about the Ghost Dance, a ceremony intended to bring back dead Indians and make white people disappear.

19. Where does Zits plan to execute the act of violence?

A. Abandoned warehouse
B. Downtown bank lobby
C. Seattle waterfront
D. Military base

B. Downtown bank lobby.
Zits stands in the lobby of a bank in downtown Seattle, prepared to shoot the strangers there.
20. What is Zits’ first time-travel identity after being shot?

A. Gus Sullivan
B. Jimmy the pilot
C. Hank Storm
D. Cràzy Horse

C. Hank Storm.
After waking up, Zits finds himself in the body of a 35-year-old FBI agent named Hank Storm.

21. What is the name of Hank Storm’s racist partner?

A. Dave
B. Russell
C. Art
D. Junior

C. Art.
Hank’s FBI partner, who expresses strong hatred toward Indians, reveals his name is Art.

22. In what year does Zits find himself as Hank Storm?

A. 2007
B. 1975
C. 1876
D. 1955

B. 1975.
Art tells Hank (Zits) they are in the year 1975, much to Zits’ shock.

23. What Native American organisation are Horse and Elk members of?

A. HAMMER
B. IRON
C. Warriors
D. Oglala Sioux

B. IRON.
Horse and Elk are activists from IRON, which stands for Indigenous Rights Now!.

24. What terrible act does Art force Hank Storm to commit?

A. Torture a man
B. Steal money
C. Shoot a dead body
D. Start a fire

C. Shoot a dead body.
Art forces Zits, as Hank, to shoot the already dead Indian named Junior to ensure they are “in this one together”.
25. What is the name of Hank Storm’s wife?

A. Mary
B. Helda
C. Linda
D. Sonia

C. Linda.
Hank’s wife, who visits him in the hospital, is later identified as Linda after he leaves the body.

26. What does Zits turn into after leaving Hank Storm’s body?

A. A small boy
B. An old warrior
C. A horse
D. A buffalo

B. An old warrior.
After leaving Hank, Zits enters the body of a thin, muscular, old-time Indian boy, only wearing a loincloth.

27. What physical handìcap does Zits have as the Indian boy?

A. Blindness
B. Làme leg
C. No voice
D. Deafness

C. No voice.
Zits realises he has a huge, fleshy knot in his voice box, meaning his voice has been taken away.

28. What famous 19th-century battle does Zits realise he is near?

A. Wounded Knee
B. Little Bighorn
C. Sand Creek
D. Red River

B. Little Bighorn.
Zits recognises Cràzy Horse and Sitting Bull, realising he is transported to the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

29. What act of desecration does Zits witness Indians perform on white soldiers?

A. Burning their clothes
B. Cutting off penises
C. Drawing on faces
D. Stomping on chests

B. Cutting off penises.
Zits observes grandmothers cutting off penises, ears, and hands of the dead cavalry soldiers.
30. Who does the warrior father force Zits to try and kill?

A. Sitting Bull
B. A white soldier
C. Cràzy Horse
D. An older Indian

B. A white soldier.
The father grabs a young white soldier and gives Zits a knife, demanding revenge for the boy’s scarred throat.

31. What is the name of the next body Zits inhabits, a Cavalry soldier?

A. Jimmy
B. Gus
C. Dave
D. Art

B. Gus.
Zits finds himself in the body of an old, skinny, wrinkly man named Augustus Sullivan, or Gus.

32. What job is Augustus Sullivan (Gus) known for?

A. Indian tracker
B. Cook
C. Blacksmith
D. Bugler

A. Indian tracker.
General Moustache introduces Gus as “the best Indian tracker in the entire U.S. Army”.

33. What did Gus remember the Indians did to the slaughtered settlers?

A. Took their horses
B. Mutilated their bodies
C. Stole their guns
D. Burned their homes

B. Mutilated their bodies.
Gus’s memory shows the slain white settlers stripped naked, mutilated, and ruined by the Indians.

34. Who does the young white soldier (Small Saint) save?

A. General Moustache
B. An Indian woman
C. Bow Boy
D. Gus

C. Bow Boy.
A young white soldier picks up a five-year-old Indian boy (Bow Boy) and runs toward the hills to save him.
35. What military figure does Zits (as Gus) hit with a rifle?

A. General Moustache
B. Cavalry soldier
C. Officer Dave
D. Cràzy Horse

A. General Moustache.
To stop the general from shooting Small Saint, Zits swings his rifle and smashes General Moustache in the face.

36. Who is the next body Zits enters after Gus?

A. A flight instructor
B. A ship captain
C. A sky diver
D. A passenger

A. A flight instructor.
Zits wakes up flying a small plane, having become the pilot, Jimmy.

37. What is the pilot’s name in this section?

A. Abbad
B. Jimmy
C. Hank
D. Paul

B. Jimmy.
Zits realises that the pilot’s name is Jimmy after his Ethiopian friend, Abbad, addresses him.

38. What is the name of Jimmy’s Ethiopian friend?

A. Paul
B. Abbad
C. Art
D. Hank

B. Abbad.
Jimmy remembers his Ethiopian friend, Abbad, a Muslim man who studied mechanical engineering.

39. What tragedy did Abbad commit?

A. Hijacked and crashed a plane
B. Killed his wife
C. Robbed a bank
D. Shot his children

A. Hijacked and crashed a plane.
Jimmy learns that Abbad took control of a commuter flight and crashed it into downtown Chicago, killing dozens.
40. What is the name of the woman Jimmy is cheating with?

A. Linda
B. Helda
C. Mary
D. Pam

B. Helda.
Jimmy is having a picnic with a young, pretty woman named Helda when his wife, Linda, sees them.

41. What item does Jimmy’s wife throw onto the street?

A. Car keys
B. Wedding ring
C. Pistol
D. Purse

B. Wedding ring.
Linda tears off her wedding ring and throws it into the street after confronting Jimmy about his betrayal.

42. What happens to Jimmy as he flies over the water?

A. He lands safely
B. He bails out
C. He crashes the plane
D. He prays for help

C. He crashes the plane.
Jimmy pushes down on the controls, sending the plane plummeting toward the water in a suicidal act.

43. Who is Zits staring at when he opens his eyes next?

A. A dog
B. A crow
C. A huge rat
D. A police officer

C. A huge rat.
Zits wakes up lying down and is immediately staring at a huge, intelligent, two-foot-long wharf rat.

44. What city is Zits in as the homeless Indian?

A. Seattle
B. Tacoma
C. Chicago
D. New York City

B. Tacoma.
The young tourist, Paul, tells Zits that they are located in the city of Tacoma, thirty miles from Seattle.
45. What is written on the homeless Indian’s T-shirt?

A. I love Indians
B. Fighting terrorism since 1492
C. Tacoma is great
D. I am homeless

B. Fighting terrorism since 1492.
The shirt is black-and-white, featuring Geronimo, and is captioned “FIGHTING TERRORISM SINCE 1492”.

46. Who punches the homeless Indian in the face?

A. Pam
B. Officer Dave
C. The grey man
D. Paul

D. Paul.
Zits purposely insults Pam, calling her a pròstitute, which makes her boyfriend, Paul, rush forward and punch him.

47. What shocking identity does Zits realise the homeless man is?

A. His mother
B. His grandfather
C. His father
D. His uncle

C. His father.
Zits stares at his bloody reflection and realises that he has become his own biological father.

48. What memory does Zits force his father’s body to relive?

A. Fighting
B. Being born
C. His grandfather’s ridicule
D. Running away

C. His grandfather’s ridicule.
Zits forces his father to relive memories of his own father (Zits’ grandfather) verbally abusing him as a child.

49. What is the narrator’s real name?

A. Zits
B. Gus
C. Michael
D. Jimmy

C. Michael.
After Mary hugs him, the narrator finally reveals and insists that his real name is Michael.
50. Who are Zits’ new permanent foster parents?

A. Dave and partner
B. Robert and Mary
C. Paul and Pam
D. Justice and Helda

B. Robert and Mary.
Zits is placed with Officer Dave’s brother, Robert (a fireman), and his wife, Mary (a nurse).

Brief Overview

Flight, a novel by Sherman Alexie, was published in 2007. It is a hilarious and tragic story about an orphaned Indian boy who travels back and forth through time in a highly charged search for his true identity and belonging.

The novel centers on a troubled fifteen-year-old boy named Zits. He is lonely and has lived in many foster homes. Zits meets a boy named Justice in jail, who tells Zits to be angry and start a revolution.

Zits takes two pistols to a bank in Seattle, intending to shoot people. A guard shoots Zits in the back of the head.

Zits does not die. Instead, he begins to move through time and space, inhabiting other people’s bodies. First, he is Hank Storm, a white FBI agent in 1975, where he sees his partner kill an Indian activist.

Next, Zits is a young Indian boy at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. He sees great violence but refuses to take revenge on a captured soldier.

Zits then enters an old soldier named Gus Sullivan, who tracks Indians. He leads an attack on an Indian camp but saves an Indian boy. Zits also becomes Jimmy, a pilot who betrayed his wife and helped train a man who became a terrorist.

Finally, Zits wakes up as a drunken, homeless Indian man in 2007. He realises this man is his own father. He begins to understand his father’s pain and abandonment came from a cruel past.

Zits returns to the bank lobby but chooses not to shoot anyone. He finds a police officer named Dave and gives up his guns. Zits is finally placed with a good foster family who offers him stability. He gains hope and reveals his actual name, Michael.

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