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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the apothecary die, according to Marko's story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) He jumped off a bridge.
(b) He was hung.
(c) He was stabbed by his wife.
(d) He shot himself.

2. Who is depicted on the shrine at the crossroads that Fra Antun leads Natalia to?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) The Buddha.

3. How old does the narrator say Darisa was when he first witnessed one of his sister's attacks in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 13 years old.

4. Of the Deathless Man, Natalia says in the Epilogue, "According to my grandfather's descriptions, he is a young man at" how old?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ninety-five.
(d) Fifty-five.

5. Who was the surviving hajduk that the apothecary stayed with after the rest of the band was killed?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Mica the Cleaver.
(c) Nada Ivan.
(d) Blind Orlo.

6. The abandoned village that Natalia follows the man from the crossroads to in Chapter 13: "The River" was supposedly abandoned after what war?
(a) The War of the Polish Succession.
(b) The Friso-Drentic War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

7. What word used in the Epilogue means lasting a very short time, or transitory?
(a) Enduring.
(b) Mesmerizing.
(c) Catatonic.
(d) Ephemeral.

8. Where was Arlo's body found after he was killed?
(a) In a minefield.
(b) In a prison.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In a dumpster.

9. What word from Chapter 7: "The Butcher" refers to a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Preconception.
(c) Premonition.
(d) Exultation.

10. The man that Natalia follows into the abandoned village in Chapter 13: "The River" tells her there has been a mora for how long?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Over a hundred years.
(c) Less than five years.
(d) Less than forty years.

11. Who is the killer of Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Vuk.
(b) Ori.
(c) Luka.
(d) Mowgli.

12. Natalia realizes as the follows the man from the crossroads that he must be headed to a village that who had told her about in Chapter 13: "The River"?
(a) Ori.
(b) Dure.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Branko.

13. What did Natalia look for but not find among her grandfather's belongings, as described in the Epilogue?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) The Jungle Book.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

14. How is Darisa the Bear's appearance described in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) Tall and thin.
(b) Short and bearded.
(c) Short and smooth-faced.
(d) Tall and hairy.

15. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that she believes the people of Galina obsessed over the tiger's wife for what reason?
(a) To avoid the reality of the impending war.
(b) To hold onto the past and the belief in magic.
(c) To maintain peace and obedience from their children.
(d) To differentiate themselves from the machine age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fra Antun say he was related to Arlo in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?

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

3. Where does Natalia stop for candy on her way back to the orphanage from Zdrevkov in Chapter 8: "The Heart"?

4. Who obtains a potion from the apothecary and takes it to the tiger's wife in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

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

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