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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1: "The Coast," the narrator says that "to welcome the newly loosed spirit [of the dead], the living will not clean, will not wash or tidy, will not remove the soul’s belongings for" how many days?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

3. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the boy that is raised by wolves in The Jungle Book?
(a) Mowgli.
(b) Ori.
(c) Kaa.
(d) Kotik.

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

9. What does Natalia tells Zora she's going to buy when she takes the car to drive to Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Needles.
(b) Dog food.
(c) Water.
(d) Candy.

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

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) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Israel.
(d) Turkey.

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

13. 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) Dr. Avgustin.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Dr. Srdjan.

14. Lake Verimovo is described in Chapter 6: "The Fire" as being fed by what river?
(a) The Moldova River.
(b) The Amovarka River.
(c) The Siret River.
(d) The Trotus River.

15. 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) An elephant.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A cobra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the digger that Natalia follows at the dig site and speaks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

2. Who are the many portraits of that line the monastery and are found throughout the village in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

5. 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"?

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