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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. 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) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 75.
(d) 40.

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

3. 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) France.
(d) England.

4. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Fra Antun.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) Fra Parso.
(d) Dominic Lazlo.

5. During wartime, the Administration implements a curfew and mandatory lights-out at what time, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 11:00 p.m.
(b) 8:00 p.m.
(c) 10:00 p.m.
(d) 9:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that by the time she was what age, "the ritual of the tigers had become an annoyance"?

4. 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"?

5. By what name does Natalia call her grandmother when they speak on the phone in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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