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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. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

2. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?
(a) Dr. Srdjan.
(b) Dr. Bogdan Dankov.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Dr. Avgustin.

3. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) The Jungle Book.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. What is the name of the monk's father that hosts Natalia and Zora in his and his wife's home in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Hassan Effendi.
(b) Bogdan Dankov.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) Barba Ivan.

5. 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"?
(a) Marhan.
(b) Brejevina.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Kalina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1: "The Coast," the narrator says that "to welcome the newly loosed spirit [of the dead], the living will not clean, will not wash or tidy, will not remove the soul’s belongings for" how many days?

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

3. 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"?

4. What mountain is described by the dig site in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

5. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

(see the answer key)

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