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) Bogdan Dankov.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) Barba Ivan.

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

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

4. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

5. What does Natalia respond when her grandfather asks what she might specialize in when she is in medical school in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Pediatric surgery.
(b) Gynecology.
(c) Facial reconstruction.
(d) Neurology.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. During wartime, how are the students' classrooms rearranged at Natalia's school in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that by the time she was what age, "the ritual of the tigers had become an annoyance"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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