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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) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

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

3. 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 school rooms are all moved to the roof.
(c) The younger students are moved to the upper floors.
(d) The school rooms are all moved to the basement.

4. What is the name of the midwife that took in Natalia's grandfather when he was orphaned as a child?
(a) Nada Ivan.
(b) Fra Antun.
(c) Mother Vera.
(d) M. Dobravka.

5. 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 bear.
(b) A lion.
(c) A zebra.
(d) A crocodile.

6. 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) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

7. By what name does Natalia refer to the "obese technical student... who prepared cadavers" at the medical school in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Dure the Doctor.
(b) Dr. Srdjan.
(c) Mica the Cleaver.
(d) M. Dobravka.

8. 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) Tamsin.
(c) Avgustin.
(d) Luka.

9. 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"?
(a) Hassan Effendi.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) Bogdan Dankov.

10. What is the name of the digger's son that Natalia tries to get sent home from the site because he has fever in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Dubi.
(b) Marko.
(c) Branko.
(d) Ori.

11. 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) Menstrual pads.
(b) Contraceptives.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Audio tapes.

12. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?
(a) Amana.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Nada.
(d) Lidia.

13. 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) M. Dobravka.
(b) Dominic Lazlo.
(c) Bogdan Dankov.
(d) Hassan Effendi.

14. Where did the Administration take out the airplane factory and airstrip six months before the war broke out, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Marhan.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Zobov.

15. 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 of job security.
(b) Because I don't know what else to be.
(c) Because it's the right thing to do.
(d) Because I want to make money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the two boys that appear sick and are working along with the diggers in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

2. 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"?

3. What is the name of the neighbor to Natalia's family's summer lake home in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

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

5. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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