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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. 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) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

2. 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"?
(a) 3 weeks ago.
(b) 2 years ago.
(c) 6 months ago.
(d) 3 months ago.

3. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) June.
(b) January.
(c) September.
(d) March.

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) Dubi.
(b) Marko.
(c) Dure.
(d) Branko.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did the Administration take out the airplane factory and airstrip six months before the war broke out, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. 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"?

5. What is the name of the boy that is raised by wolves in The Jungle Book?

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