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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: “The Fire”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Natalia describe her grandfather's summer lake house in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Zobov.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Zvocana.

2. 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) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

3. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Fra Parso.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Barba Ivan.

4. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship?
(a) Hedonism.
(b) Nepotism.
(c) Paternalism.
(d) Naturalism.

5. 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) Iran.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Natalia respond when her grandfather asks what she might specialize in when she is in medical school in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

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

3. The Marshall is said to have taken ill while en route to a conference in what city in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

4. In what year does Natalia say "without declaration or warning, German bombs started falling on the city and did not stop for three days" in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

5. Natalia describes Barba Ivan as how old "if he was a day" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

(see the answer key)

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