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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. When Natalia's grandfather was shown the scans by his friend at the Military Academy of Medicine that indicated his illness, he had said, "You go looking for a gnat and you find" what?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A gaping hole.
(d) A donkey.

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

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

4. 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) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 75.

5. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What is the name of Natalia's teacher when she is fourteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. For how long does Natalia spend time with Ori before he disappears in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

5. 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"?

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