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

2. How many children are supposedly being housed at the monastery in Brejevina that is intended to accommodate twenty monks, according to the narrator in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) 60.
(b) 75.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

3. Natalia says in Chapter 7: "The Butcher," "My grandfather did not know any of these things, but the other villagers knew, without having to talk about it, that Luka was" what?
(a) A batterer.
(b) An alien.
(c) An infidel.
(d) A murderer.

4. The skull replicas that Natalia and Zora travel to buy on the black market during medical school are described as replicas of a magician from the 1940s named what?
(a) The Magical and Extraordinary Dubi.
(b) The Great Branko.
(c) The Magnificent Fedrizzi.
(d) The Masterful Ori.

5. 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"?
(a) Dubi.
(b) Ori.
(c) Marko.
(d) Branko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the song that Luka hears on the radio and recognizes as his own in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

2. How old was Natalia when she describes the bombings on the city in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

3. Where was Luka born?

4. What is the name of the giant Welsh rabbit described at the zoo in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

5. Who does Zora insult in her first year of medical school by saying to him, "Don't be so fucking provincial," according to the narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

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