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

2. 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) Spain.
(b) Iran.
(c) England.
(d) France.

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

4. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) September.
(b) January.
(c) March.
(d) June.

5. By what name does Natalia call her grandmother when they speak on the phone in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Mame.
(b) Kutzi.
(c) Bako.
(d) Mima.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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"?

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

5. 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"?

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