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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) Fernet.
(b) Schnapps.
(c) Rakija.
(d) Krambambula.

2. 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 lion.
(b) A bear.
(c) A crocodile.
(d) A zebra.

3. 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) Zdrevkov.
(b) Vojvodja.
(c) Marhan.
(d) Carton City.

4. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) The World Health Organization.
(b) The NATO Health Initiative.
(c) The University's United Clinics program.
(d) The Jesuit Health Initiative.

5. Because of walking out with the nurses on strike, Natalia says that she was given an indefinite suspension from the clinic where in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Vojvodja.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. What river is described by the citadel where the tiger was caged in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

3. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?

4. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?

5. What contraband "gift" does Natalia's teacher bring to the class to dissect in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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