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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Vojvodja.

2. Who is the Italian monk that is working with the children when Natalia and Zora arrive to administer their vaccines in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Fra Parso.
(b) Dr. Srdjan.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Dominic Lazlo.

3. What is the name of the town butcher in Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) Luka.
(b) Marko.
(c) Branko.
(d) Dure.

4. Who comes to rescue Natalia and Zora when they are detained at the customs border in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Zora's father.
(b) Natalia's grandfather.
(c) Natalia's mother.
(d) Zora's grandfather.

5. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Fra Parso.
(b) Fra Antun.
(c) Dominic Lazlo.
(d) Barba Ivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Natalia say her grandparents lost in stillbirth in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

2. Where did the Administration take out the airplane factory and airstrip six months before the war broke out, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. What kind of animal is Bis?

4. What animal that was rescued from a circus does Natalia's grandfather take her to see at midnight when she is sixteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

5. Who does Zora insult in her first year of medical school by saying to him, "Don't be so fucking provincial," according to the narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discussion takes place in Chapter 6: "The Fire" between Natalia and her grandfather when he asks what she will choose to specialize in?

2. What incident involving being detained by customs officers at the border does Natalia describe in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

3. How does Fra Antun describe the objective of the diggers in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

4. What causes the argument between Natalia and Dure in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"? How does the conflict end?

5. How does the grandfather's story about the Deathless Man begin in Chapter 2: "The War"? Where is the story set?

6. What interrupts Natalia and Zora as they go about fulfilling their mission in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

7. How does Natalia describe her grandfather's reinvention of himself after the war in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

8. How does Natalia describe the hunt for the tiger that involved Luka in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"? What themes does this story evoke?

9. What do Natalia and Zora go to the monastery to do in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"? What is foreshadowed when Zora gives out candy?

10. What causes the diggers to become frightened when Natalia first appears to them in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

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