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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. After her suspension, Natalia had gone back to volunteering for what organization at the suggestion of her grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) The University's United Clinics program.
(b) The Jesuit Health Initiative.
(c) The NATO Health Initiative.
(d) The World Health Organization.

2. How long ago does Natalia say she was with her grandfather when he discovered his illness at the Military Academy of Medicine in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 3 weeks ago.
(c) 6 months ago.
(d) 3 months ago.

3. In what year does Natalia say "without declaration or warning, German bombs started falling on the city and did not stop for three days" in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1918.

4. What is the name of the digger's son that Natalia tries to get sent home from the site because he has fever in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Ori.
(b) Branko.
(c) Marko.
(d) Dubi.

5. What age does Natalia say she was when took a dive off her bicycle and "bawled through half an hour of treatment via rakija-soaked cloth" to her knees, in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Fra Antun tell Natalia that Zdrevkov is from the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

2. Where does Natalia's grandmother tell her that the funeral will be for Natalia's grandfather in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

3. What river is described by the citadel where the tiger was caged in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

4. What contraband "gift" does Natalia's teacher bring to the class to dissect in Chapter 2: "The War"?

5. The narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire" describes the City's greatest doctors convening on the patio of what restaurant in Old Town every Sunday afternoon, even during the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Natalia's objective in Chapter 1: "The Coast"? Where is she going and what is her mission there?

4. What are there portraits of all over the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"? What do these portraits signify?

5. In Chapter 2: "The War," Natalia comments, "Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories." What are these stories and what does Natalia mean by this comment?

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

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

8. How does Gavran Gaile describe his supernatural abilities in Chapter 6: "The Fire"? How did he attain these abilities?

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

10. Describe the narrative style of The Tiger's Wife. Is the story related from a first, second, or third-person point of view? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story?

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