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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: “The Butcher”.

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) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. The narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire" describes the City's greatest doctors convening on the patio of what restaurant in Old Town every Sunday afternoon, even during the war?
(a) Lazlo's restaurant.
(b) Dobravka's restaurant.
(c) Banevic's restaurant.
(d) Srdjan's restaurant.

3. What is the name of the merchant whose daughter Luka befriends and plans to marry in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) Dr. Srdjan.
(d) Barba Ivan.

4. Natalia's grandfather tells her in Chapter 6: "The Fire," "When men die, they die in fear. They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living—in" what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Peace.
(d) Naivety.

5. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The tiger's wife.
(c) The zookeeper.
(d) The apothecary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Luka's father?

2. What is the name of the midwife that took in Natalia's grandfather when he was orphaned as a child?

3. Who does Natalia say shot himself while trying to reload his gun to shoot the tiger in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

4. During the war, Natalia describes a prominent engineer and his family surviving off the carcass of what escaped zoo animal in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

5. Who does Zora insult in her first year of medical school by saying to him, "Don't be so fucking provincial," according to the narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

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