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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) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. What is the name of the neighbor to Natalia's family's summer lake home in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Branko.
(b) Slavko.
(c) Luka.
(d) Avgustin.

3. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) The Jesuit Health Initiative.
(b) The University's United Clinics program.
(c) The NATO Health Initiative.
(d) The World Health Organization.

4. 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) 18.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

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

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

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

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

9. The Marshall is said to have taken ill while en route to a conference in what city in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Kalina.
(b) Vrgovac.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Vojvodja.

10. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) March.

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

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

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

14. Who are the many portraits of that line the monastery and are found throughout the village in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Nada Ivan.
(b) Bis.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Barba Ivan.

15. Who comes to rescue Natalia and Zora when they are detained at the customs border in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Zora's father.
(b) Natalia's mother.
(c) Natalia's grandfather.
(d) Zora's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Natalia's grandfather grow up?

2. Who does Natalia say shot himself while trying to reload his gun to shoot the tiger in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

3. Who does Zora insult in her first year of medical school by saying to him, "Don't be so fucking provincial," according to the narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

4. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship?

5. 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"?

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