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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 word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to doctors who specialize in working on the kidney?
(a) Oncologist.
(b) Nephrologists.
(c) Cardiologists.
(d) Neurologists.

2. Natalia's grandfather tells her in Chapter 6: "The Fire," "When men die, they die in fear. They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living—in" what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Naivety.

3. Because of walking out with the nurses on strike, Natalia says that she was given an indefinite suspension from the clinic where in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Vojvodja.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Zdrevkov.

4. The cannonball that is wedged into the orphanage wall is said to be from what kind of ship in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A German ship.
(b) A Venetian ship.
(c) A French ship.
(d) A British ship.

5. What is the name of the boy that is raised by wolves in The Jungle Book?
(a) Mowgli.
(b) Ori.
(c) Kaa.
(d) Kotik.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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"?

3. How old does Natalia describe herself in her earliest memory of going to the zoo with her grandfather in the novel's Prologue?

4. Who gave Natalia's grandfather his cherished copy of The Jungle Book?

5. How many days did it take the clinic staff where Natalia's grandfather died to contact Natalia's grandmother and inform her of his death in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How would you describe the change in the style of the narrative in the grandfather's story about the Deathless Man in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. 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"?

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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"?

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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