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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: “The Fire”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zora argues with the Italian monk regarding what products that were brought to hand out to the older girls at the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Audio tapes.
(b) Contraceptives.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Menstrual pads.

2. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) The Jungle Book.

3. What season is it when Natalia describes her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the Prologue?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. Natalia describes Barba Ivan as how old "if he was a day" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Sixty years old.
(b) Ninety years old.
(c) Eighty years old.
(d) Seventy years old.

5. What does Natalia tells Zora she's going to buy when she takes the car to drive to Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Candy.
(b) Needles.
(c) Water.
(d) Dog food.

Short Answer 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"?

2. How is Barba Ivan's boat described in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

3. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?

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

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

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