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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 is the name of the boy that is raised by wolves in The Jungle Book?
(a) Ori.
(b) Kotik.
(c) Mowgli.
(d) Kaa.

2. 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) Hassan Effendi.
(b) M. Dobravka.
(c) Bogdan Dankov.
(d) Dominic Lazlo.

3. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?
(a) The tiger's wife.
(b) The apothecary.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The zookeeper.

4. What is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Zobov.
(d) Brejevina.

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 nine.
(c) About fourteen.
(d) About thirteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. 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"?

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

5. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

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