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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Marhan.
(b) Carton City.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Zdrevkov.

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

3. Because of walking out with the nurses on strike, Natalia says that she was given an indefinite suspension from the clinic where in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Vojvodja.

4. What is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Zdrevkov.

5. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?
(a) Dr. Bogdan Dankov.
(b) Fra Antun.
(c) Dr. Srdjan.
(d) Dr. Avgustin.

6. How old are the two boys that appear sick and are working along with the diggers in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) About fourteen.
(b) About nine.
(c) About six.
(d) About thirteen.

7. 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.

8. How many children does Natalia say her grandparents lost in stillbirth in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

9. The cannonball that is wedged into the orphanage wall is said to be from what kind of ship in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A German ship.
(b) A French ship.
(c) A British ship.
(d) A Venetian ship.

10. The narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire" describes the City's greatest doctors convening on the patio of what restaurant in Old Town every Sunday afternoon, even during the war?
(a) Lazlo's restaurant.
(b) Banevic's restaurant.
(c) Srdjan's restaurant.
(d) Dobravka's restaurant.

11. For how long does Natalia spend time with Ori before he disappears in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 months.

12. What kind of animal is Bis?
(a) A tiger.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

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

14. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) Dure.
(b) Luka.
(c) Marko.
(d) Branko.

15. Who is the man that specializes in producing plastic replicas of human parts and sells them on the black market to dentists, orthopedists, and surgeons during the trade embargo in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Luka.
(c) Tamsin.
(d) Avgustin.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. Natalia and Zora's skull replicas are taken by customs at the border by what river valley in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

4. What is the name of the boy that is raised by wolves in The Jungle Book?

5. 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"?

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