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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the word "apothecary" mean?
(a) A pharmacist.
(b) A midwife.
(c) A taxidermist.
(d) A beautician.

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. The Deathless Man reveals to Natalia's grandfather that the woman he loved was once what, in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) A street musician.
(b) A doctor's wife.
(c) A butcher's wife.
(d) A midwife.

8. 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?
(a) Utterly miserable.
(b) Glad it did.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Weighted with burden.

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

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

11. The narrator says in Chapter 9: "The Bear," "That is the truth about Darisa: the man was" what "at heart"?
(a) A butcher.
(b) Confused.
(c) Evil.
(d) A taxidermist.

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

13. Hajduks were romanticized bandits that fought the rule of whom historically?
(a) The British Empire.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Roman Empire.
(d) The Ottoman Turks.

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

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) Hassan Effendi.
(b) Khasim Aga.
(c) Mehmet Aga.
(d) Bogdan Dankov.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much younger was Darisa the Bear than his sister who suffered from a lifelong illness?

4. The abandoned village that Natalia follows the man from the crossroads to in Chapter 13: "The River" was supposedly abandoned after what war?

5. How old is the bride that Luka is tricked into marrying in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

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