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

2. What word does Fra Antun use to describe a haunt or "a spirit" in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) A mora.
(b) A hajduk.
(c) A holluschick.
(d) A kotik.

3. What river is described by the citadel where the tiger was caged in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?
(a) The Volga River.
(b) The Colorado River.
(c) The Danube River.
(d) The Nile River.

4. The narrator says in Chapter 9: "The Bear," "That is the truth about Darisa: the man was" what "at heart"?
(a) A taxidermist.
(b) Confused.
(c) A butcher.
(d) Evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Natalia say "without declaration or warning, German bombs started falling on the city and did not stop for three days" in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"?

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

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. The cannonball that is wedged into the orphanage wall is said to be from what kind of ship in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

5. Natalia says in Chapter 2: "The War" that six months into the war, her friend Zora develops a taste for cigarettes from what country?

(see the answer key)

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