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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) In December.
(c) During the Summer Solstice.
(d) During the new moon.

2. What does the tiger at the zoo begin compulsively doing in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Attacking the zookeepers.
(b) Breaking out of its cage.
(c) Eating itself.
(d) Eating its young.

3. Who is the first taxidermist that Darisa apprentices with in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Khasim Aga.
(c) Hassan Effendi.
(d) Mr. Bogdan Dankov.

4. 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) Fra Antun.
(b) Dure.
(c) Ori.
(d) Branko.

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

6. What four-o'clock television show does Natalia describe watching with her grandfather for years in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Wheel of Fortune.
(b) Romanzo Criminale.
(c) Braquo.
(d) Allo, Allo!

7. What is the name that was given to the apothecary by the hajduks when he was ten years old?
(a) Ori.
(b) Branko.
(c) Nenad.
(d) Luka.

8. Who is the town herbalist that sends off for a "miracle worker" physician to see to Luka's fiancee when she becomes ill in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Dr. Srdjan.
(c) Khasim Aga.
(d) Hassan Effendi.

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

10. What word from Chapter 8: "The Heart" means characterized by sudden, violent outburst?
(a) Euphoric.
(b) Premeditated.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Paroxysmal.

11. How did the apothecary die, according to Marko's story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) He was stabbed by his wife.
(b) He jumped off a bridge.
(c) He was hung.
(d) He shot himself.

12. In what suburb of Sarobor does Natalia's grandfather describe treating some wounded soldiers in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Bogomoljka.
(b) Vrgovac.
(c) Marhan.
(d) Verimovo.

13. 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) Mother Vera.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) The tiger's wife.
(d) The apothecary.

14. Who is described by the gossipers of the town as "a thief of music" in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Vuk.
(b) Ori.
(c) Dure.
(d) Branko.

15. What word from Chapter 7: "The Butcher" refers to a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event?
(a) Preconception.
(b) Exultation.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Premonition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the zoo's beloved elephant that drops dead in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

2. What lifelong illness did Darisa the Bear's sister suffer from?

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"?

4. What was the name of Luka's father?

5. The Deathless Man reveals to Natalia's grandfather that the woman he loved was once what, in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

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