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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 intern does Natalia's grandfather describe as a "brilliant little Hungarian fellow who has paid a lot of money to study at our University, and who doesn’t speak a word of the language" in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Bogdan Dankov.
(b) Dominic Lazlo.
(c) M. Dobravka.
(d) Hassan Effendi.

2. What mountain is described by the dig site in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Mount Kreuzeck.
(b) Mount Brejevina.
(c) Mount Albula.
(d) Mount Vesuvius.

3. Where did Natalia's grandfather grow up?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Galina.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Verimovo.

4. 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"?
(a) Dure.
(b) Branko.
(c) Dubi.
(d) Marko.

5. What season is it when Natalia describes her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the Prologue?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the tiger find himself at an abandoned market "two blocks up from where my grandfather and my grandma would buy their first apartment fifteen years later," according to Natalia in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

2. How old are the two boys that appear sick and are working along with the diggers in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

3. 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"?

4. What is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?

5. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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