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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Marko.
(b) Luka.
(c) Tamsin.
(d) Ori.

3. What is the name of the digger that Natalia follows at the dig site and speaks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Dominic.
(b) Dure.
(c) Branko.
(d) Ori.

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

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

6. Zora argues with the Italian monk regarding what products that were brought to hand out to the older girls at the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Contraceptives.
(c) Menstrual pads.
(d) Audio tapes.

7. Who is the Italian monk that is working with the children when Natalia and Zora arrive to administer their vaccines in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Fra Antun.
(b) Fra Parso.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) Dr. Srdjan.

8. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 4 years old.

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

10. In what year does Natalia say "without declaration or warning, German bombs started falling on the city and did not stop for three days" in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1935.

11. 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) France.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Italy.

12. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to doctors who specialize in working on the kidney?
(a) Cardiologists.
(b) Nephrologists.
(c) Neurologists.
(d) Oncologist.

13. 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) Dubi.
(b) Marko.
(c) Branko.
(d) Dure.

14. What does Natalia describe drinking all night when her grandfather makes her stay home for the family Christmas party in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Apple cider.
(d) Cognac.

15. What musician does the bartender put on the jukebox while Natalia waits for word from the clinic in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Paul McCartney.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) Bob Dylan.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Natalia spend time with Ori before he disappears in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. Lake Verimovo is described in Chapter 6: "The Fire" as being fed by what river?

3. 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"?

4. Natalia describes Barba Ivan as how old "if he was a day" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

5. 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?

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