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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: “The Crossroads” and Chapter 11: “The Bombing”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Natalia's teacher when she is fourteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Hassan Effendi.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) M. Dobravka.

3. Who is the Italian monk that is working with the children when Natalia and Zora arrive to administer their vaccines in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Fra Antun.
(b) Dr. Srdjan.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) Fra Parso.

4. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) The NATO Health Initiative.
(b) The University's United Clinics program.
(c) The Jesuit Health Initiative.
(d) The World Health Organization.

5. As Natalia sits at the orphanage, she can see the lights of what town across the bay in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Zvocana.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Strmina.
(d) Verimovo.

Short Answer Questions

1. During wartime, the Administration implements a curfew and mandatory lights-out at what time, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. Natalia says in Chapter 6: "The Fire" that her family had spent every summer at their summer lake house until she was how old?

3. When Natalia's grandfather was shown the scans by his friend at the Military Academy of Medicine that indicated his illness, he had said, "You go looking for a gnat and you find" what?

4. 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?

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

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