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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the woman from the clinic tell Natalia that Dejana is currently when she calls from the bar in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Israel.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Turkey.

2. The skull replicas that Natalia and Zora travel to buy on the black market during medical school are described as replicas of a magician from the 1940s named what?
(a) The Great Branko.
(b) The Masterful Ori.
(c) The Magnificent Fedrizzi.
(d) The Magical and Extraordinary Dubi.

3. What animal that was rescued from a circus does Natalia's grandfather take her to see at midnight when she is sixteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) A sea turtle.
(b) A chimpanzee.
(c) A cobra.
(d) An elephant.

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

5. Where is Natalia working on a goodwill mission to inoculate the children at an orphanage in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Brejevina.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Verimovo.

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

7. What word does Fra Antun use to describe a haunt or "a spirit" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A kotik.
(b) A hajduk.
(c) A mora.
(d) A holluschick.

8. During wartime, the Administration implements a curfew and mandatory lights-out at what time, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 9:00 p.m.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

9. What is the response that Natalia gives her grandfather when he asks why she wanted to become a doctor in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Because it's the right thing to do.
(b) Because of job security.
(c) Because I don't know what else to be.
(d) Because I want to make money.

10. Where does the tiger find himself at an abandoned market "two blocks up from where my grandfather and my grandma would buy their first apartment fifteen years later," according to Natalia in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) Brejevina.
(b) Marhan.
(c) Kalina.
(d) Zdrevkov.

11. Natalia describes Barba Ivan as how old "if he was a day" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Seventy years old.
(b) Eighty years old.
(c) Ninety years old.
(d) Sixty years old.

12. What intern does Natalia's grandfather describe as a "brilliant little Hungarian fellow who has paid a lot of money to study at our University, and who doesn’t speak a word of the language" in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Bogdan Dankov.
(b) Dominic Lazlo.
(c) M. Dobravka.
(d) Hassan Effendi.

13. How many days did it take the clinic staff where Natalia's grandfather died to contact Natalia's grandmother and inform her of his death in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

14. What is the name of the twenty-one-year-old self-proclaimed gun-runner that Zora begins dating when she is fifteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Marko.
(b) Branko.
(c) Dure.
(d) Dubi.

15. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that by the time she was what age, "the ritual of the tigers had become an annoyance"?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Natalia call her grandmother when they speak on the phone in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

2. 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?

3. During wartime, how are the students' classrooms rearranged at Natalia's school in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

5. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to doctors who specialize in working on the kidney?

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