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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 did Natalia look for but not find among her grandfather's belongings, as described in the Epilogue?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) The Jungle Book.
(c) Aesop's Fables.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

2. What is Jovo's profession in the story of Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) He is a greengrocer.
(b) He is a butcher.
(c) He is a blacksmith.
(d) He is an apothecary.

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

4. What Ottoman dish of baked filled pastries made of phyllo dough is described in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Haggis.
(b) Burek.
(c) Gyro.
(d) Paprika.

5. Who does Natalia say told her about "mountain spirits" that lure lost travelers into their midst, in Chapter 13: "The River"?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Zora.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the many portraits of that line the monastery and are found throughout the village in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

2. In Chapter 1: "The Coast," the narrator says that "to welcome the newly loosed spirit [of the dead], the living will not clean, will not wash or tidy, will not remove the soul’s belongings for" how many days?

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

4. Natalia describes a huge tree outside her grandfather's village on the bank of a stream that leads down from what river in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

5. What season is it when Natalia describes her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the Prologue?

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