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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Arlo's body found after he was killed?
2. Who is depicted on the shrine at the crossroads that Fra Antun leads Natalia to?
3. The narrator says of Luka's father in Chapter 7: "The Butcher" that he had amassed an impressive collection of what kind of artifacts?
4. For how many years did the apothecary spend with the hajduks before the band was largely killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
5. Hajduks were romanticized bandits that fought the rule of whom historically?
Short Essay Questions
1. What mission does Natalia accept during the diggers' ceremony in Chapter 8: "The Heart"? Why does she undertake this mission?
2. Who is the man that Natalia follows into the abandoned village in Chapter 13: "The River"? What clues in the chapter indicate his identity?
3. Who does Luka intend to marry in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"? How would you describe the basis of Luka's relationship with his fiancee?
4. What information leads Luka to return to Galina in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"? What is Luka's objective in returning?
5. What deceit does Amana's father commit after Amana leaves to elope with her lover in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
6. How is Darisa's childhood and young adulthood described in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
7. How does the diggers' ritualistic ceremony in Chapter 8: "The Heart" relate to the central themes of The Tiger's Wife?
8. How does Natalia describe the actions of her fellow citizens and of the zoo animals during the bombing raids in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
9. What does Natalia comment about the outcome of the story of the tiger's wife in the novel's Epilogue?
10. How is the character of Luka depicted during his childhood and young adulthood in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of the tiger’s wife as perceived through Natalia’s grandfather’s point of view. How close in age are the grandfather and the tiger’s wife in the grandfather’s stories? What do you think draws Natalia’s grandfather to this otherwise misunderstood character? Why does he attempt to help her?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the character of Gavran Gaile in the narrative. What are the grandfather’s impressions of Gavran Gaile when he first meets him? What does the grandfather lose in his bet with Gavran Gaile? Why do you think Gavran Gaile reminds the grandfather of his bet but does not take The Jungle Book in their subsequent encounters?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of the dog portraits in the novel. Who is depicted in these portraits? What does Natalia learn about the portraits from the boy at the orphanage in Chapter 6: “The Orphanage”? What do you think the portraits signify symbolically? How are these drawings connected to Natalia’s discoveries in the end of the novel?
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