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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Deathless Man tells Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 11: "The Bombing," "Believe me, Doctor, if your life ends in suddenness you will be" what?
(a) Weighted with burden.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Utterly miserable.
(d) Glad it did.

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

3. How does Fra Antun say he was related to Arlo in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?
(a) Arlo was his father.
(b) Arlo was his son.
(c) Arlo was his cousin.
(d) Arlo was his brother.

4. How does Marco Parovic describe the apothecary's appearance in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) Handsome but suspicious-looking.
(b) Lion-like.
(c) Dignified but very ugly.
(d) Tall and regal.

5. What single word is written on the last page of The Jungle Book that Natalia describes in her grandfather's pocket in the Epilogue?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Remember.
(d) Galina.

6. 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) Less than forty years.
(b) Less than five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Over a hundred years.

7. 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) Dure.
(b) Branko.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Ori.

8. How much younger was Darisa the Bear than his sister who suffered from a lifelong illness?
(a) 2 years younger.
(b) 7 years younger.
(c) 3 years younger.
(d) 5 years younger.

9. What does the word "apothecary" mean?
(a) A pharmacist.
(b) A taxidermist.
(c) A midwife.
(d) A beautician.

10. What word is described in Chapter 7: "The Butcher" as "something sacred to the entire village"?
(a) A hajduk.
(b) A vila.
(c) A honora.
(d) A mora.

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

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

13. What four-o'clock television show does Natalia describe watching with her grandfather for years in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Braquo.
(b) Romanzo Criminale.
(c) Wheel of Fortune.
(d) Allo, Allo!

14. What have Marko Parovic's grandchildren recently bought him in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) A car.
(b) A lawnmower.
(c) A dishwasher.
(d) A wheelchair.

15. The narrator says in Chapter 9: "The Bear," "That is the truth about Darisa: the man was" what "at heart"?
(a) A butcher.
(b) Confused.
(c) Evil.
(d) A taxidermist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in the Epilogue means lasting a very short time, or transitory?

2. Who is the killer of Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

3. The hajduk band that the apothecary spent much of his youth with eventually fell to a band of what, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

4. Natalia describes paintings of what animal that filled the home in the abandoned village in the Epilogue?

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

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