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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. For how many days did Natalia's grandfather's bag sit on the hall table before it was opened by Natalia's grandmother, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 45 days.
(d) 10 days.

2. What was the name of Darisa the Bear's sister who had a lifelong illness?
(a) Lidia.
(b) Amana.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Nada.

3. Where does Natalia describe Zora calling her "in a panic at all hours of the night" in the Epilogue?
(a) The Neurology Institute in Zurich.
(b) The Pediatric Surgery Institute of Madrid.
(c) The Genetics Institute in Paris.
(d) The Oncology Institute of Bavaria.

4. What is the name that the apothecary had been abandoned with at the orphanage, according to the story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) Vuk Sivic.
(b) Hassan Effendi.
(c) Bogdan Dankov.
(d) Kasim Suleimanovic.

5. Natalia realizes as the follows the man from the crossroads that he must be headed to a village that who had told her about in Chapter 13: "The River"?
(a) Branko.
(b) Ori.
(c) Dure.
(d) Fra Antun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in the Epilogue means lasting a very short time, or transitory?

2. Where does Luka go in order to pursue life as a musician in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

3. Who was the Turkish captain that sabered the young apothecary and almost impaled him in the narrator's story from Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

4. Where was Arlo's body found after he was killed?

5. Who obtains a potion from the apothecary and takes it to the tiger's wife in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the diggers' ritualistic ceremony in Chapter 8: "The Heart" relate to the central themes of The Tiger's Wife?

2. How does Natalia justify her immersion into the story of Luka's back-story in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"? What does this justification indicate about Natalia?

3. How does Natalia describe the contents of her grandfather's bag in the Epilogue? When was the bag opened?

4. What does Natalia comment about the outcome of the story of the tiger's wife in the novel's Epilogue?

5. What leads to Amana's illness in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"? What is done for her when she becomes ill?

6. How does Natalia describe the apothecary's death in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"? Why is this significant?

7. Why does Natalia say that her grandfather was unhappy at the arrival of Darisa in Galina in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

8. What is Natalia asked to promise in the conclusion of Chapter 13: "The River"? What is her response?

9. Where did the apothecary go after Blind Orlo's death, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"? How is his life described in this setting?

10. Who is the man that Natalia follows into the abandoned village in Chapter 13: "The River"? What clues in the chapter indicate his identity?

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