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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cemetery.
(b) The meadow.
(c) The vineyard.
(d) The cave.

2. What did Natalia look for but not find among her grandfather's belongings, as described in the Epilogue?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Jungle Book.
(d) The Stranger.

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

4. The narrator says in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary" that Marko Parovic will not talk about Darisa the Bear at all without enlisting encouragement from what?
(a) Several bottles of scotch.
(b) His grandchildren.
(c) Several glasses of rakija.
(d) A few cigars.

5. For how many years did the apothecary spend with the hajduks before the band was largely killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

6. The abandoned village that Natalia follows the man from the crossroads to in Chapter 13: "The River" was supposedly abandoned after what war?
(a) The Friso-Drentic War.
(b) The War of the Polish Succession.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

7. How old is the bride that Luka is tricked into marrying in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 32.

8. What is the name of the merchant whose daughter Luka befriends and plans to marry in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) Dr. Srdjan.
(d) Barba Ivan.

9. What is Jovo's profession in the story of Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) He is a butcher.
(b) He is a greengrocer.
(c) He is a blacksmith.
(d) He is an apothecary.

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

11. 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.

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

13. 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) 20 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 45 days.
(d) 10 days.

14. How old is Luka when he leaves home to pursue life as a musician in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Marko Parovic described in the beginning of Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

2. 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"?

3. Who is depicted on the shrine at the crossroads that Fra Antun leads Natalia to?

4. The Deathless Man tells Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 11: "The Bombing," "Believe me, Doctor, if your life ends in suddenness you will be" what?

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

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