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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: “The Heart” and Chapter 9: “The Bear”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Administration take out the airplane factory and airstrip six months before the war broke out, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Marhan.
(d) Zobov.

2. What word from Chapter 7: "The Butcher" refers to a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event?
(a) Premonition.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Exultation.
(d) Preconception.

3. The narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire" describes the City's greatest doctors convening on the patio of what restaurant in Old Town every Sunday afternoon, even during the war?
(a) Lazlo's restaurant.
(b) Banevic's restaurant.
(c) Srdjan's restaurant.
(d) Dobravka's restaurant.

4. Who is described by the gossipers of the town as "a thief of music" in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Vuk.
(b) Ori.
(c) Branko.
(d) Dure.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 9: "The Bear," "That is the truth about Darisa: the man was" what "at heart"?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A taxidermist.
(c) Confused.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?

2. The narrator says of Luka's father in Chapter 7: "The Butcher" that he had amassed an impressive collection of what kind of artifacts?

3. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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

5. What is the body of Dure's cousin buried within, in Chapter 8: "The Heart"?

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