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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 is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Brejevina.
(b) Vojvodja.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Zobov.

2. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that by the time she was what age, "the ritual of the tigers had become an annoyance"?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 18.
(d) 10.

3. 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 tiger.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A gaping hole.
(d) A dragon.

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

5. For how long does Natalia spend time with Ori before he disappears in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

5. 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"?

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