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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Brejevina.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Zobov.

2. 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?
(a) The Great Branko.
(b) The Magnificent Fedrizzi.
(c) The Masterful Ori.
(d) The Magical and Extraordinary Dubi.

3. As Natalia sits at the orphanage, she can see the lights of what town across the bay in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Strmina.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Verimovo.
(d) Zvocana.

4. What kind of Balkan brandy is described as sitting about on the floor of Barba Ivan's home in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Fernet.
(b) Schnapps.
(c) Krambambula.
(d) Rakija.

5. 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 Venetian ship.
(d) A British ship.

6. 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) An elephant.
(b) A sea turtle.
(c) A chimpanzee.
(d) A cobra.

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

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

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

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

11. Where does Natalia describe her grandfather's summer lake house in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Zvocana.
(d) Zobov.

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

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

14. 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) Srdjan's restaurant.
(b) Lazlo's restaurant.
(c) Banevic's restaurant.
(d) Dobravka's restaurant.

15. 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) Apple cider.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Champagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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 response that Natalia gives her grandfather when he asks why she wanted to become a doctor in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

4. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?

5. What is written on the plaque of the clinic in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

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