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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 monk's father that hosts Natalia and Zora in his and his wife's home in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) Bogdan Dankov.
(d) Barba Ivan.

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

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?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Iran.

4. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Lidia.
(c) Amana.
(d) Nada.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?

3. 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"?

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

5. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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