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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: “The War”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Natalia's grandfather say he met Natalia's grandmother in Chapter 2: "The War"?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1929.

2. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?
(a) Dominic Lazlo.
(b) Barba Ivan.
(c) Fra Antun.
(d) Fra Parso.

3. What is the name of the town where Natalia's grandfather has died in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Zdrevkov.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Brejevina.

4. 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) Zdrevkov.
(b) Zobov.
(c) Vojvodja.
(d) Marhan.

5. 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"?
(a) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Natalia call her grandmother when they speak on the phone in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

2. What is the name of Natalia's teacher when she is fourteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

3. How many days did it take the clinic staff where Natalia's grandfather died to contact Natalia's grandmother and inform her of his death in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. What location does Natalia describe in Chapter 2: "The War" as "where the gypsies lived, with its wet paper walls, the black smoke of its dungfires"?

5. When Natalia's grandfather was shown the scans by his friend at the Military Academy of Medicine that indicated his illness, he had said, "You go looking for a gnat and you find" what?

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