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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. What kind of Balkan brandy is described as sitting about on the floor of Barba Ivan's home in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Schnapps.
(b) Rakija.
(c) Fernet.
(d) Krambambula.

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

3. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?
(a) The Jungle Book.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) Aesop's Fables.

4. In what year does Natalia say "without declaration or warning, German bombs started falling on the city and did not stop for three days" in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1935.

5. What is the name of the digger that Natalia follows at the dig site and speaks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Branko.
(b) Dure.
(c) Ori.
(d) Dominic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does Natalia say she was with her grandfather when he discovered his illness at the Military Academy of Medicine in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

2. What is the name of the digger's son that Natalia tries to get sent home from the site because he has fever in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

3. What mountain is described by the dig site in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

4. What animal that was rescued from a circus does Natalia's grandfather take her to see at midnight when she is sixteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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