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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 is the name of the turtle that Frau Antun asks Natalia and Zora if they've met yet at the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?
(a) Luka.
(b) Marko.
(c) Ori.
(d) Tamsin.

2. Who is the professor of biochemical engineering that failed to put in a good word for Natalia after her suspension?
(a) Dr. Bogdan Dankov.
(b) Fra Antun.
(c) Dr. Srdjan.
(d) Dr. Avgustin.

3. Lake Verimovo is described in Chapter 6: "The Fire" as being fed by what river?
(a) The Trotus River.
(b) The Siret River.
(c) The Amovarka River.
(d) The Moldova River.

4. Where does Natalia describe her grandfather's summer lake house in Chapter 6: "The Fire"?
(a) Zobov.
(b) Verimovo.
(c) Zdrevkov.
(d) Zvocana.

5. 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?
(a) Dobravka's restaurant.
(b) Lazlo's restaurant.
(c) Banevic's restaurant.
(d) Srdjan's restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the twenty-one-year-old self-proclaimed gun-runner that Zora begins dating when she is fifteen in Chapter 2: "The War"?

2. In what month does Natalia say she walked out with the nurses on strike in Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

3. Who is the Italian monk that is working with the children when Natalia and Zora arrive to administer their vaccines in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

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

5. Where does the woman from the clinic tell Natalia that Dejana is currently when she calls from the bar in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the diggers to become frightened when Natalia first appears to them in Chapter 3: "The Diggers"?

2. Discuss the setting of the novel. Where is the story set? What clues in the narrative indicate the setting? What time period does the story take place in?

3. Describe the author's language style in The Tiger's Wife. How would you describe the wording and stylistic devices used in the Prologue and Chapter 1: "The Coast"?

4. What interrupts Natalia and Zora as they go about fulfilling their mission in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

5. What information does Natalia learn about her grandfather's death from the barkeeper in Zdrevkov in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"?

6. What is the significance of the novel The Jungle Book in The Tiger's Wife? Who carries this book?

7. How does Natalia describe her grandfather's childhood in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"? Who raised Natalia's grandfather? Where did he grow up?

8. How does Natalia explain the presence of a tiger in the hills above Galina in Chapter 4: "The Tiger"? Where did the tiger come from?

9. What discussion takes place in Chapter 6: "The Fire" between Natalia and her grandfather when he asks what she will choose to specialize in?

10. What are there portraits of all over the orphanage in Chapter 5: "The Orphanage"? What do these portraits signify?

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