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

2. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Strmina.
(d) Zobov.

3. What contraband "gift" does Natalia's teacher bring to the class to dissect in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) A heart.
(b) A bullfrog.
(c) A pig fetus.
(d) A pair of lungs.

4. What season is it when Natalia describes her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the Prologue?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal that was rescued from a circus does Natalia's grandfather take her to see at midnight when she is sixteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. Where is Natalia working on a goodwill mission to inoculate the children at an orphanage in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

3. What is the name of the twenty-one-year-old self-proclaimed gun-runner that Zora begins dating when she is fifteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. What is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?

5. How many days did it take the clinic staff where Natalia's grandfather died to contact Natalia's grandmother and inform her of his death in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

(see the answer key)

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