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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 school rooms are all moved to the basement.
(c) The school rooms are all moved to the roof.
(d) The younger students are moved to the upper floors.

2. How far does Fra Antun tell Natalia that Zdrevkov is from the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Two hours' drive.
(b) Three hours' drive.
(c) An hour's drive.
(d) A twenty-minute drive.

3. Who does Natalia say shot himself while trying to reload his gun to shoot the tiger in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) The judge.
(b) The blacksmith.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The apothecary.

4. Where does the tiger find himself at an abandoned market "two blocks up from where my grandfather and my grandma would buy their first apartment fifteen years later," according to Natalia in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) Marhan.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Kalina.
(d) Brejevina.

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"?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 7 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. The cannonball that is wedged into the orphanage wall is said to be from what kind of ship in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

2. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

3. What kind of Balkan brandy is described as sitting about on the floor of Barba Ivan's home in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

4. What is the name of the twenty-one-year-old self-proclaimed gun-runner that Zora begins dating when she is fifteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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"?

6. How does Natalia's grandfather respond when she discusses her excitement over the elephant and her desire to tell her friends about the incident? Why is this comment significant?

7. What interrupts Natalia and Zora as they go about fulfilling their mission in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

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

9. 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?

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

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