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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: “The Diggers” and Chapter 4: “The Tiger”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location does Natalia describe in Chapter 2: "The War" as "where the gypsies lived, with its wet paper walls, the black smoke of its dungfires"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Marhan.
(c) Carton City.
(d) Vojvodja.

2. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Nada.
(c) Amana.
(d) Lidia.

3. 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"?
(a) A bear.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A lion.
(d) A crocodile.

4. What does Natalia describe drinking all night when her grandfather makes her stay home for the family Christmas party in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Cognac.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Apple cider.
(d) Champagne.

5. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age does Natalia say she was when took a dive off her bicycle and "bawled through half an hour of treatment via rakija-soaked cloth" to her knees, in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?

3. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?

4. During wartime, the Administration implements a curfew and mandatory lights-out at what time, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?

5. What intern does Natalia's grandfather describe as a "brilliant little Hungarian fellow who has paid a lot of money to study at our University, and who doesn’t speak a word of the language" in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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