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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: “The Diggers” and Chapter 4: “The Tiger”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are the two boys that appear sick and are working along with the diggers in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) About fourteen.
(b) About nine.
(c) About six.
(d) About thirteen.

2. 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) 4 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 10 years old.

3. 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"?
(a) Barba Ivan.
(b) Bogdan Dankov.
(c) Hassan Effendi.
(d) Dominic Lazlo.

4. During the war, Natalia describes a prominent engineer and his family surviving off the carcass of what escaped zoo animal in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) A bear.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A crocodile.
(d) A lion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him 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. What season is it when Natalia describes her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the Prologue?

4. How many days did it take the clinic staff where Natalia's grandfather died to contact Natalia's grandmother and inform her of his death in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

5. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?

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