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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. How many days did it take the clinic staff where Natalia's grandfather died to contact Natalia's grandmother and inform her of his death in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 3 days.

2. By what name does Natalia refer to the "obese technical student... who prepared cadavers" at the medical school in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Mica the Cleaver.
(b) Dr. Srdjan.
(c) M. Dobravka.
(d) Dure the Doctor.

3. What is the name of the digger that is described as a welder to Natalia in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Marko.
(b) Dubi.
(c) Ori.
(d) Branko.

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

5. How long ago does Barba Ivan say the diggers arrived on his doorstep in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A week ago.
(b) A year ago.
(c) Two weeks ago.
(d) A month ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Natalia's teacher when she is fourteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. Natalia's grandfather tells her in Chapter 6: "The Fire," "When men die, they die in fear. They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living—in" what?

3. What animal that was rescued from a circus does Natalia's grandfather take her to see at midnight when she is sixteen 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 does Natalia say caused the fire in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

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