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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. What is the name of the digger that is described as a welder to Natalia in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Branko.
(b) Ori.
(c) Dubi.
(d) Marko.

2. The digger that Natalia talks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers" tells her that he has a cousin buried in the dig site. How long does he say he's been buried there?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 4 years old.
(d) 6 years old.

4. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Barba Ivan.
(b) Fra Antun.
(c) Fra Parso.
(d) Dominic Lazlo.

5. Natalia's grandfather tells her in Chapter 6: "The Fire," "When men die, they die in fear. They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living—in" what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Naivety.
(c) Fear.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does Barba Ivan say the diggers arrived on his doorstep in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

2. What is the name of the boy that is raised by wolves in The Jungle Book?

3. What is the name of the neighbor to Natalia's family's summer lake home in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

4. What word does Fra Antun use to describe a haunt or "a spirit" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

5. Natalia and Zora's skull replicas are taken by customs at the border by what river valley in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

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