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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: “The Crossroads” and Chapter 11: “The Bombing”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Natalia refer to the "obese technical student... who prepared cadavers" at the medical school in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Mica the Cleaver.
(b) Dure the Doctor.
(c) M. Dobravka.
(d) Dr. Srdjan.

2. The Marshall is said to have taken ill while en route to a conference in what city in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Kalina.
(c) Vrgovac.
(d) Zdrevkov.

3. Natalia says in Chapter 6: "The Fire" that her family had spent every summer at their summer lake house until she was how old?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

4. How old are the two boys that appear sick and are working along with the diggers in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) About fourteen.
(b) About nine.
(c) About thirteen.
(d) About six.

5. During the war, Natalia describes a prominent engineer and his family surviving off the carcass of what escaped zoo animal in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?

2. Where does the tiger find himself at an abandoned market "two blocks up from where my grandfather and my grandma would buy their first apartment fifteen years later," according to Natalia in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

3. What mountain is described by the dig site in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

4. In what area near the crossroads does Fra Antun insist that Natalia stay when she insists on staying overnight in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?

5. What Ottoman dish of baked filled pastries made of phyllo dough is described in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

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