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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. Where does Natalia describe her grandfather's summer lake house in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Zobov.
(d) Zvocana.

2. Who accompanies Luka as he returns from the mountain carrying the fallen blacksmith's gun in the beginning of Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Dubi.
(b) Ori.
(c) Dure.
(d) Jovo.

3. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?
(a) The tiger's wife.
(b) The apothecary.
(c) The zookeeper.
(d) The butcher.

4. How long ago does Natalia say she was with her grandfather when he discovered his illness at the Military Academy of Medicine in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) 3 months ago.
(b) 2 years ago.
(c) 3 weeks ago.
(d) 6 months ago.

5. What does the tiger at the zoo begin compulsively doing in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Eating its young.
(b) Eating itself.
(c) Attacking the zookeepers.
(d) Breaking out of its cage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?

2. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

3. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?

4. What kind of animal is Bis?

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

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