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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 the tiger at the zoo begin compulsively doing in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Eating itself.
(b) Eating its young.
(c) Attacking the zookeepers.
(d) Breaking out of its cage.

2. Where was the apothecary found wandering the ruins as a ten-year-old boy in the story from Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) A government office.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A monastery.

3. The Deathless Man reveals to Natalia's grandfather that the woman he loved was once what, in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) A midwife.
(b) A doctor's wife.
(c) A street musician.
(d) A butcher's wife.

4. What was the name of Luka's mother?
(a) Nada.
(b) Barba.
(c) Lidia.
(d) Zora.

5. Where was Luka born?
(a) Galina.
(b) Vrgovac.
(c) Zvocana.
(d) Verimovo.

Short Answer 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?

2. How does Fra Antun say he was related to Arlo in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?

3. Natalia comments in the Epilogue that she believes the people of Galina obsessed over the tiger's wife for what reason?

4. How many miles did Natalia's grandfather travel to reach Zdrevkov before his death, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?

5. What kind of hat does Natalia describe Zora wearing as she stood in solidarity with the people guarding the zoo in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mission does Natalia accept during the diggers' ceremony in Chapter 8: "The Heart"? Why does she undertake this mission?

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. What does Gavran Gaile say about the suddenness of death in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

4. What do Natalia's grandfather and Gavran Gaile do when they meet in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"? What is revealed about Gavran's past?

5. What information does Natalia learn from Fra Antun during their journey in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"? How is this information significant to the novel's plot?

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

7. How is the character of Darisa described by Natalia in Chapter 9: "The Bear"? What is Darisa's occupation?

8. How is Darisa's childhood and young adulthood described in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

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

10. What led the apothecary to attempt to help the tiger's wife, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

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