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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 Natalia's teacher when she is fourteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) M. Dobravka.
(c) Hassan Effendi.
(d) Magdalena.

2. 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) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

3. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1948.

4. 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) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

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"?
(a) Carton City.
(b) Vojvodja.
(c) Marhan.
(d) Zdrevkov.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

2. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?

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

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

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

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