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

2. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that by the time she was what age, "the ritual of the tigers had become an annoyance"?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

3. Natalia says in Chapter 6: "The Fire" that her family had spent every summer at their summer lake house until she was how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 18.

4. What musician does the bartender put on the jukebox while Natalia waits for word from the clinic in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) John Lennon.

5. Natalia and Zora's skull replicas are taken by customs at the border by what river valley in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) The Nile River Valley.
(b) The Grava River Valley.
(c) The Buzau River Valley.
(d) The Veleka River Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the midwife that took in Natalia's grandfather when he was orphaned as a child?

2. What is the name of the turtle that Frau Antun asks Natalia and Zora if they've met yet at the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

3. How many children are supposedly being housed at the monastery in Brejevina that is intended to accommodate twenty monks, according to the narrator in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. What is the name of the neighbor to Natalia's family's summer lake home in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Natalia explain the presence of a tiger in the hills above Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"? Where did the tiger come from?

2. What is symbolized by Natalia's grandfather's ritual visits to the zoo in the Prologue and Chapter 1: "The Coast"? How does this tradition play into the novel's themes?

3. 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?

4. Describe the author's language style in The Tiger's Wife. How would you describe the wording and stylistic devices used in the Prologue and Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

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

6. How does Natalia describe her grandfather's childhood in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"? Who raised Natalia's grandfather? Where did he grow up?

7. What is the significance of the novel The Jungle Book in The Tiger's Wife? Who carries this book?

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

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

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

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