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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: “The War”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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"?
(a) A cobra.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A sea turtle.

4. 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) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. Where is Natalia working on a goodwill mission to inoculate the children at an orphanage in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Brejevina.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Zobov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contraband "gift" does Natalia's teacher bring to the class to dissect in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?

3. What does Natalia describe drinking all night when her grandfather makes her stay home for the family Christmas party in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. What is the name of the monk's father that hosts Natalia and Zora in his and his wife's home in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

5. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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