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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Water.
(b) Needles.
(c) Candy.
(d) Dog food.

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

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

5. 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) Zobov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Zdrevkov.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) Marko.
(b) Branko.
(c) Luka.
(d) Dure.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What contraband "gift" does Natalia's teacher bring to the class to dissect in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that by the time she was what age, "the ritual of the tigers had become an annoyance"?

3. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. 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?

5. What is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?

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