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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Luka when he leaves home to pursue life as a musician in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

2. Natalia agrees to bury the remains of Dure's cousin at the crossroads on the condition that he do what the next day in Chapter 8: "The Heart"?
(a) Return to Russia.
(b) Send his family to the clinic.
(c) Join the war efforts.
(d) Turn himself into the police.

3. How old is Marko Parovic described in the beginning of Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) 77.
(b) 63.
(c) 59.
(d) 39.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as helping Luka's fiancee escape to be with the man she loves instead of marrying Luka in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

2. For how many days did Natalia's grandfather's bag sit on the hall table before it was opened by Natalia's grandmother, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?

3. Natalia says in the Epilogue, "When you ask the people of Galina today: 'Why don’t you let your children out after dark?' their answers are" what?

4. Who accompanies Luka as he returns from the mountain carrying the fallen blacksmith's gun in the beginning of Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

5. Hajduks were romanticized bandits that fought the rule of whom historically?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Natalia describe the actions of her fellow citizens and of the zoo animals during the bombing raids in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

2. What does Gavran Gaile say about the suddenness of death in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

3. How is Darisa's childhood and young adulthood described in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

4. What led the apothecary to attempt to help the tiger's wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

5. How does Natalia describe the contents of her grandfather's bag in the Epilogue? When was the bag opened?

6. How does Natalia describe the apothecary's death in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"? Why is this significant?

7. How is the character of Luka depicted during his childhood and young adulthood in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

8. Why does Natalia say that her grandfather was unhappy at the arrival of Darisa in Galina in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

9. What do Natalia's grandfather and Gavran Gaile do when they meet in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"? What is revealed about Gavran's past?

10. What does Natalia comment about the outcome of the story of the tiger's wife in the novel's Epilogue?

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