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

2. 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.

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

4. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?
(a) France.
(b) Iran.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) The World Health Organization.
(b) The Jesuit Health Initiative.
(c) The NATO Health Initiative.
(d) The University's United Clinics program.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. The digger that Natalia talks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers" tells her that he has a cousin buried in the dig site. How long does he say he's been buried there?

4. 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?

5. What does Natalia's mother teach at the University in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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