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

2. What intern does Natalia's grandfather describe as a "brilliant little Hungarian fellow who has paid a lot of money to study at our University, and who doesn’t speak a word of the language" in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) M. Dobravka.
(d) Bogdan Dankov.

3. What location does Natalia describe in Chapter 2: "The War" as "where the gypsies lived, with its wet paper walls, the black smoke of its dungfires"?
(a) Vojvodja.
(b) Marhan.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Carton City.

4. How long ago does Barba Ivan say the diggers arrived on his doorstep in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Two weeks ago.
(b) A month ago.
(c) A year ago.
(d) A week ago.

5. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?
(a) The apothecary.
(b) The tiger's wife.
(c) The zookeeper.
(d) The butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?

2. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?

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?

4. What is the name of the digger that is described as a welder to Natalia in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

5. How old is Ori when Natalia meets him in Chapter 2: "The War"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Natalia discover the location of Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"? Why is this location important to Natalia?

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

5. What is the outcome of the bet between Gavran Gaile and Natalia's grandfather in his story of the Deathless Man in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. What information does Natalia learn about her grandfather's death from the barkeeper in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

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