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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 does Fra Antun use to describe a haunt or "a spirit" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A kotik.
(b) A holluschick.
(c) A hajduk.
(d) A mora.

2. In Chapter 1: "The Coast," the narrator says that "to welcome the newly loosed spirit [of the dead], the living will not clean, will not wash or tidy, will not remove the soul’s belongings for" how many days?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

3. Where is Natalia working on a goodwill mission to inoculate the children at an orphanage in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Verimovo.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Zobov.

4. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Iran.
(c) England.
(d) France.

5. What age does Natalia say she was when took a dive off her bicycle and "bawled through half an hour of treatment via rakija-soaked cloth" to her knees, in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Natalia describe drinking all night when her grandfather makes her stay home for the family Christmas party in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?

4. Who does Zora insult in her first year of medical school by saying to him, "Don't be so fucking provincial," according to the narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?

5. How long ago does Barba Ivan say the diggers arrived on his doorstep in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

7. Discuss the ethnic tensions that are seen in The Tiger's Wife. What do these tensions tell you about the setting and characters in the story?

8. 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"?

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

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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