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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: “The Crossroads” and Chapter 11: “The Bombing”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Natalia and Zora's skull replicas are taken by customs at the border by what river valley in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) The Nile River Valley.
(b) The Grava River Valley.
(c) The Buzau River Valley.
(d) The Veleka River Valley.

2. What is the name of the digger's son that Natalia tries to get sent home from the site because he has fever in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Dubi.
(b) Ori.
(c) Marko.
(d) Branko.

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 cousin.
(c) Arlo was his son.
(d) Arlo was his brother.

4. What does the tiger at the zoo begin compulsively doing in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Eating its young.
(b) Eating itself.
(c) Attacking the zookeepers.
(d) Breaking out of its cage.

5. What is the name of the midwife that took in Natalia's grandfather when he was orphaned as a child?
(a) Mother Vera.
(b) Nada Ivan.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) M. Dobravka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?

2. What does Natalia say caused the fire in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

3. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship?

4. Where does the tiger find himself at an abandoned market "two blocks up from where my grandfather and my grandma would buy their first apartment fifteen years later," according to Natalia in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

5. What is the name of the digger that Natalia follows at the dig site and speaks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

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