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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: “The River” and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that she believes the people of Galina obsessed over the tiger's wife for what reason?
(a) To hold onto the past and the belief in magic.
(b) To differentiate themselves from the machine age.
(c) To avoid the reality of the impending war.
(d) To maintain peace and obedience from their children.

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

3. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) The Jungle Book.

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

5. What location does Natalia describe in Chapter 2: "The War" as "where the gypsies lived, with its wet paper walls, the black smoke of its dungfires"?
(a) Carton City.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Marhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the surviving hajduk that the apothecary stayed with after the rest of the band was killed?

2. What contraband "gift" does Natalia's teacher bring to the class to dissect in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. Who is implied to be the "mora" that takes the offerings from the crossroads in Chapter 13: "The River"?

4. Natalia agrees to bury the remains of Dure's cousin at the crossroads on the condition that he do what the next day in Chapter 8: "The Heart"?

5. What is the name of the song that Luka hears on the radio and recognizes as his own in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

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