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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of hat does Natalia describe Zora wearing as she stood in solidarity with the people guarding the zoo in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) A giraffe hat.
(b) An elephant hat.
(c) A toucan hat.
(d) A tiger hat.

2. 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) An alien.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A batterer.
(d) An infidel.

3. Who was the Turkish captain that sabered the young apothecary and almost impaled him in the narrator's story from Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) Khasim Aga.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) Mehmet Aga.
(d) Bogdan Dankov.

4. The narrator describes Darisa the Bear's father as being renowned in what profession in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) Butchering.
(b) Neurology.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Oncology.

5. The man that Natalia follows into the abandoned village in Chapter 13: "The River" tells her there has been a mora for how long?
(a) Over a hundred years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Less than forty years.
(d) Less than five years.

6. How old is Natalia's grandfather in the story about the arrival of Darisa the Bear in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

7. 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"?
(a) The Nile River.
(b) The Indiri River.
(c) The Galinica River.
(d) The Klamath River.

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

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. Where was Arlo's body found after he was killed?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) In a prison.
(c) In a dumpster.
(d) In a minefield.

11. 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 Enchantress.
(b) Growing Up Different.
(c) The Tiger's Wife.
(d) My True Love.

12. What single word is written on the last page of The Jungle Book that Natalia describes in her grandfather's pocket in the Epilogue?
(a) Love.
(b) Remember.
(c) Peace.
(d) Galina.

13. Who is implied to be the "mora" that takes the offerings from the crossroads in Chapter 13: "The River"?
(a) Fra Antun.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) Nada Ivan.
(d) Avgustin.

14. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that in Galina, there is a strong stipulation against virgins crossing the pasture at what time?
(a) During the full moon.
(b) During the Summer Solstice.
(c) In December.
(d) During the new moon.

15. In what area near the crossroads does Fra Antun insist that Natalia stay when she insists on staying overnight in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?
(a) The meadow.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The cave.
(d) The vineyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Natalia stop for candy on her way back to the orphanage from Zdrevkov in Chapter 8: "The Heart"?

3. What is the name that the apothecary had been abandoned with at the orphanage, according to the story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

4. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that she believes the people of Galina obsessed over the tiger's wife for what reason?

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

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