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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 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"?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 7 days.

2. Where did Natalia's grandfather grow up?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Galina.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Brejevina.

3. 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) Carton City.
(b) Marhan.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Vojvodja.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?

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"?

3. Because of walking out with the nurses on strike, Natalia says that she was given an indefinite suspension from the clinic where in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?

5. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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