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

2. 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) Zobov.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Marhan.

3. The Marshall is said to have taken ill while en route to a conference in what city in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Vrgovac.
(c) Kalina.
(d) Zdrevkov.

4. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 4 years old.
(c) 6 years old.
(d) 2 years old.

5. 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"?
(a) 75.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Natalia describes Barba Ivan as how old "if he was a day" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

2. What musician does the bartender put on the jukebox while Natalia waits for word from the clinic in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

3. 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"?

4. Who killed the fabled wolf of Kolovac, according to the narrator in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

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

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