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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. In Chapter 1: "The Coast," the narrator says that "to welcome the newly loosed spirit [of the dead], the living will not clean, will not wash or tidy, will not remove the soul’s belongings for" how many days?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

2. How many children are supposedly being housed at the monastery in Brejevina that is intended to accommodate twenty monks, according to the narrator in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 75.
(d) 40.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Natalia's mother teach at the University in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. What intern does Natalia's grandfather describe as a "brilliant little Hungarian fellow who has paid a lot of money to study at our University, and who doesn’t speak a word of the language" in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. Where did the Administration take out the airplane factory and airstrip six months before the war broke out, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?

5. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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