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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Natalia says in Chapter 6: "The Fire" that her family had spent every summer at their summer lake house until she was how old?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

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

3. Where did Natalia's grandfather grow up?
(a) Brejevina.
(b) Galina.
(c) Verimovo.
(d) Zdrevkov.

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

5. Who are the many portraits of that line the monastery and are found throughout the village in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Fra Antun.
(b) Bis.
(c) Barba Ivan.
(d) Nada Ivan.

6. 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) Vojvodja.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Brejevina.

7. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) The Jesuit Health Initiative.
(b) The World Health Organization.
(c) The University's United Clinics program.
(d) The NATO Health Initiative.

8. What is the name of the turtle that Frau Antun asks Natalia and Zora if they've met yet at the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Ori.
(b) Luka.
(c) Tamsin.
(d) Marko.

9. During the war, Natalia describes a prominent engineer and his family surviving off the carcass of what escaped zoo animal in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A bear.
(c) A lion.
(d) A zebra.

10. How is Barba Ivan's boat described in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A white flat-bottomed boat.
(b) A red shrimp boat.
(c) A little blue skiff.
(d) A green kayak.

11. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1955.

12. What river is described by the citadel where the tiger was caged in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) The Volga River.
(b) The Colorado River.
(c) The Danube River.
(d) The Nile River.

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

14. By what name does Natalia call her grandmother when they speak on the phone in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Mame.
(b) Mima.
(c) Kutzi.
(d) Bako.

15. During wartime, how are the students' classrooms rearranged at Natalia's school in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) The school rooms are all moved to the basement.
(b) The younger students are moved to the upper floors.
(c) The older students are moved to the upper floors.
(d) The school rooms are all moved to the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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"?

4. 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"?

5. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?

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