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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Ottoman dish of baked filled pastries made of phyllo dough is described in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Haggis.
(b) Gyro.
(c) Burek.
(d) Paprika.

2. What does Darisa the Bear sell when he comes to Galina each year?
(a) Books.
(b) Silk.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Furs.

3. What is the name that the apothecary had been abandoned with at the orphanage, according to the story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) Vuk Sivic.
(b) Kasim Suleimanovic.
(c) Bogdan Dankov.
(d) Hassan Effendi.

4. What is the body of Dure's cousin buried within, in Chapter 8: "The Heart"?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A small boat.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A plastic bag.

5. What is the name of the merchant's daughter that Luka plans to marry in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Ori.
(b) Lidia.
(c) Amana.
(d) Nada.

6. Where was the apothecary found wandering the ruins as a ten-year-old boy in the story from Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) A monastery.
(b) A government office.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A butcher shop.

7. Who obtains a potion from the apothecary and takes it to the tiger's wife in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) Marko.
(b) Natalia's grandfather.
(c) Luka.
(d) Mother Vera.

8. Natalia says in Chapter 7: "The Butcher," "My grandfather did not know any of these things, but the other villagers knew, without having to talk about it, that Luka was" what?
(a) A murderer.
(b) An infidel.
(c) A batterer.
(d) An alien.

9. Who does Natalia say told her about "mountain spirits" that lure lost travelers into their midst, in Chapter 13: "The River"?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Zora.

10. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that she believes the people of Galina obsessed over the tiger's wife for what reason?
(a) To avoid the reality of the impending war.
(b) To differentiate themselves from the machine age.
(c) To maintain peace and obedience from their children.
(d) To hold onto the past and the belief in magic.

11. How old was Natalia when she describes the bombings on the city in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

12. Who was the surviving hajduk that the apothecary stayed with after the rest of the band was killed?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Blind Orlo.
(c) Nada Ivan.
(d) Mica the Cleaver.

13. How old is Marko Parovic described in the beginning of Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) 59.
(b) 39.
(c) 77.
(d) 63.

14. Where does Natalia say her grandfather's tiger still lives in the conclusion of the Epilogue?
(a) In an orphanage in Brejevina.
(b) In a clinic in Zdrevkov.
(c) In a cave by a glade over Galina.
(d) In the hearts of her children.

15. Who is described as helping Luka's fiancee escape to be with the man she loves instead of marrying Luka in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) The apothecary.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) Mother Vera.
(d) The tiger's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that in Galina, there is a strong stipulation against virgins crossing the pasture at what time?

2. Natalia describes a huge tree outside her grandfather's village on the bank of a stream that leads down from what river in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

3. The narrator describes Darisa the Bear's father as being renowned in what profession in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

4. What did Natalia look for but not find among her grandfather's belongings, as described in the Epilogue?

5. What have Marko Parovic's grandchildren recently bought him in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

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