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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: “The War”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Strmina.
(d) Zobov.

2. When Natalia's grandfather was shown the scans by his friend at the Military Academy of Medicine that indicated his illness, he had said, "You go looking for a gnat and you find" what?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A gaping hole.
(d) A donkey.

3. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Vojvodja.
(c) Zobov.
(d) Brejevina.

4. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1948.

5. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?
(a) Iran.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. During wartime, how are the students' classrooms rearranged at Natalia's school in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. Because of walking out with the nurses on strike, Natalia says that she was given an indefinite suspension from the clinic where in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

3. What age does Natalia say she was when took a dive off her bicycle and "bawled through half an hour of treatment via rakija-soaked cloth" to her knees, in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?

5. What does Natalia describe drinking all night when her grandfather makes her stay home for the family Christmas party in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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