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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: “The River” and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Natalia say shot himself while trying to reload his gun to shoot the tiger in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) The judge.
(b) The apothecary.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) The butcher.

2. What Ottoman dish of baked filled pastries made of phyllo dough is described in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Haggis.
(b) Gyro.
(c) Burek.
(d) Paprika.

3. Who accompanies Luka as he returns from the mountain carrying the fallen blacksmith's gun in the beginning of Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Dubi.
(b) Jovo.
(c) Ori.
(d) Dure.

4. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that in Galina, there is a strong stipulation against virgins crossing the pasture at what time?
(a) During the new moon.
(b) During the Summer Solstice.
(c) In December.
(d) During the full moon.

5. What animal that was rescued from a circus does Natalia's grandfather take her to see at midnight when she is sixteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A cobra.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A sea turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the apothecary die, according to Marko's story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

2. Who does Natalia say told her about "mountain spirits" that lure lost travelers into their midst, in Chapter 13: "The River"?

3. What is the name of the monk's father that hosts Natalia and Zora in his and his wife's home in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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

5. The narrator says of Luka's father in Chapter 7: "The Butcher" that he had amassed an impressive collection of what kind of artifacts?

(see the answer key)

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