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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Arlo the year before the war started, according to Fra Antun in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. Where does Luka go in order to pursue life as a musician in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Sarobor.
(b) Brejevina.
(c) Vrgovac.
(d) Zobov.

3. Who accompanies Luka as he returns from the mountain carrying the fallen blacksmith's gun in the beginning of Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Ori.
(b) Jovo.
(c) Dure.
(d) Dubi.

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

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

6. What is the name of the zoo's beloved elephant that drops dead in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Amana.
(b) Sonja.
(c) Luka.
(d) Ori.

7. In Marco Parovic's story of Darisa the Bear in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary," he describes Darisa awakening to find the tiger eating what?
(a) Darisa's hand.
(b) Darisa's leg.
(c) Darisa's heart.
(d) An elk.

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

9. Natalia realizes as the follows the man from the crossroads that he must be headed to a village that who had told her about in Chapter 13: "The River"?
(a) Branko.
(b) Ori.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Dure.

10. What is the name of the giant Welsh rabbit described at the zoo in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Nikodemus.
(b) Branko.
(c) Marko.
(d) Amana.

11. 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) Zora.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandfather.

12. For how many days did Natalia's grandfather's bag sit on the hall table before it was opened by Natalia's grandmother, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?
(a) 45 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 20 days.

13. What is the name of the song that Luka hears on the radio and recognizes as his own in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) The Tiger's Wife.
(b) My True Love.
(c) The Enchantress.
(d) Growing Up Different.

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

15. What was the name of Darisa the Bear's sister who had a lifelong illness?
(a) Amana.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Lidia.
(d) Nada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is described by the gossipers of the town as "a thief of music" in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

3. What is the name that was given to the apothecary by the hajduks when he was ten years old?

4. Where does Fra Antun describe Arlo going camping in the year before the war with several boys in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?

5. What four-o'clock television show does Natalia describe watching with her grandfather for years in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

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