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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. Who killed the fabled wolf of Kolovac, according to the narrator in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) Khasim Aga.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) Vuk Sivic.
(d) Hassan Effendi.

2. Who is described by the gossipers of the town as "a thief of music" in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?
(a) Dure.
(b) Ori.
(c) Branko.
(d) Vuk.

3. What have Marko Parovic's grandchildren recently bought him in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) A car.
(b) A wheelchair.
(c) A dishwasher.
(d) A lawnmower.

4. What lifelong illness did Darisa the Bear's sister suffer from?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Psychotic blindness.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) Epilepsy.

5. Of the Deathless Man, Natalia says in the Epilogue, "According to my grandfather's descriptions, he is a young man at" how old?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ninety-five.
(d) Three hundred.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the town herbalist that sends off for a "miracle worker" physician to see to Luka's fiancee when she becomes ill in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

3. What is the name that the apothecary had been abandoned with at the orphanage, according to the story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

4. Where was Luka born?

5. What does the tiger at the zoo begin compulsively doing in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information leads Luka to return to Galina in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"? What is Luka's objective in returning?

3. What does Natalia anticipate happening when she keeps vigil overnight in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"? What does she encounter at this setting?

4. 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?

5. How would you describe Darisa's attempts at apprehending the tiger in Chapter 9: "The Bear"? What occurs when Darisa is leaving town?

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

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

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

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

10. How is the character of Luka depicted during his childhood and young adulthood in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

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