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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: “The Heart” and Chapter 9: “The Bear”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Natalia's grandfather tells her in Chapter 6: "The Fire," "When men die, they die in fear. They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living—in" what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Peace.
(c) Naivety.
(d) Fear.

2. How far does Fra Antun tell Natalia that Zdrevkov is from the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Three hours' drive.
(b) An hour's drive.
(c) Two hours' drive.
(d) A twenty-minute drive.

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

4. What musician does the bartender put on the jukebox while Natalia waits for word from the clinic in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) John Lennon.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Bob Dylan.

5. What word from Chapter 6: "The Fire" refers to doctors who specialize in working on the kidney?
(a) Cardiologists.
(b) Neurologists.
(c) Oncologist.
(d) Nephrologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Franciscan monk that runs the monastery and is Natalia and Zora's contact in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

2. Where does Fra Antun say the teenage boys were coming home from when they were killed by a land mine in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

3. The narrator in Chapter 6: "The Fire" describes the City's greatest doctors convening on the patio of what restaurant in Old Town every Sunday afternoon, even during the war?

4. What book does Natalia describe as always being in her grandfather's breast pocket in the Prologue?

5. 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"?

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