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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: “The Apothecary”.

Multiple Choice 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"?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Brejevina.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Verimovo.

2. What word from Chapter 7: "The Butcher" refers to a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event?
(a) Preconception.
(b) Premonition.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Exultation.

3. What was the name of Luka's mother?
(a) Barba.
(b) Nada.
(c) Lidia.
(d) Zora.

4. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Brejevina.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Zobov.

5. 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"?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 8: "The Heart" means characterized by sudden, violent outburst?

2. The narrator describes Darisa the Bear's father as being renowned in what profession in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

3. What is the response that Natalia gives her grandfather when he asks why she wanted to become a doctor in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

4. How long ago does Natalia say she was with her grandfather when he discovered his illness at the Military Academy of Medicine in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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"?

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