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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. During wartime, how are the students' classrooms rearranged at Natalia's school in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) The older students are moved to the upper floors.
(b) The younger students are moved to the upper floors.
(c) The school rooms are all moved to the roof.
(d) The school rooms are all moved to the basement.

2. What season is it when Natalia describes her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the Prologue?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

3. What mountain is described by the dig site in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Mount Kreuzeck.
(b) Mount Albula.
(c) Mount Vesuvius.
(d) Mount Brejevina.

4. What is the name of the digger that is described as a welder to Natalia in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?
(a) Ori.
(b) Branko.
(c) Dubi.
(d) Marko.

5. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) The Jungle Book.
(c) The Stranger.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. During wartime, the Administration implements a curfew and mandatory lights-out at what time, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. What is the response that Natalia gives her grandfather when he asks why she wanted to become a doctor in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

3. By what name does Natalia call her grandmother when they speak on the phone in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to doctors who specialize in working on the kidney?

5. How old are the two boys that appear sick and are working along with the diggers in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the departure of Gavran Gaile described in Chapter 6: "The Fire"? What does he remind Natalia's grandfather of before he leaves?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why are the diggers digging in the vineyard in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"? How does the objective of the diggers relate to the novel's themes?

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

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