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

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"?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?
(a) 2 years old.
(b) 6 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 4 years old.

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

5. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Strmina.
(d) Zobov.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

2. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

3. What does Natalia's mother teach at the University in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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

5. What is the name of the twenty-one-year-old self-proclaimed gun-runner that Zora begins dating when she is fifteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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