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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: “The Orphanage”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Natalia say her grandparents lost in stillbirth in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. The digger that Natalia talks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers" tells her that he has a cousin buried in the dig site. How long does he say he's been buried there?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 16 years.

3. What kind of Balkan brandy is described as sitting about on the floor of Barba Ivan's home in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Krambambula.
(b) Rakija.
(c) Schnapps.
(d) Fernet.

4. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?
(a) 4 years old.
(b) 2 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 6 years old.

5. Where is Natalia working on a goodwill mission to inoculate the children at an orphanage in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Brejevina.
(c) Zobov.
(d) Zdrevkov.

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. What is the name of the digger's son that Natalia tries to get sent home from the site because he has fever in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

3. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand 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 digger that is described as a welder to Natalia in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

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