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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 does Natalia say caused the fire in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) An arsonist carrying gasoline.
(b) A drunkard with a cigarette.
(c) A lightning strike.
(d) A lynch mob.

2. Where does Natalia describe a college student firebombing a zoo concession stand in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Zobov.
(b) Vojvodja.
(c) Brejevina.
(d) Zdrevkov.

3. Where did the Administration take out the airplane factory and airstrip six months before the war broke out, according to Natalia in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) Marhan.
(b) Zdrevkov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Zobov.

4. What is the name of Barba Ivan's wife in the novel?
(a) Amana.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Lidia.
(d) Nada.

5. Where does the woman from the clinic tell Natalia that Dejana is currently when she calls from the bar in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Israel.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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. 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?

3. Who does Natalia say shot himself while trying to reload his gun to shoot the tiger in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

4. What does Natalia tells Zora she's going to buy when she takes the car to drive to Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

5. What is the name of the digger that Natalia follows at the dig site and speaks with in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Natalia describe her visit with her grandfather to Verimovo in Chapter 6: "The Fire"? Where did they go there?

4. How does Gavran Gaile describe his supernatural abilities in Chapter 6: "The Fire"? How did he attain these abilities?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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"?

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

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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