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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. How does Darisa's father die in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is in a car accident.
(c) He is killed in a landmine.
(d) He hangs himself.

2. What does the tiger at the zoo begin compulsively doing in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?
(a) Breaking out of its cage.
(b) Eating its young.
(c) Eating itself.
(d) Attacking the zookeepers.

3. The man that Natalia follows into the abandoned village in Chapter 13: "The River" tells her there has been a mora for how long?
(a) Less than forty years.
(b) Over a hundred years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Less than five years.

4. How old was Arlo the year before the war started, according to Fra Antun in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed the fabled wolf of Kolovac, according to the narrator in Chapter 9: "The Bear"?

2. How did the apothecary die, according to Marko's story in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

3. Natalia describes paintings of what animal that filled the home in the abandoned village in the Epilogue?

4. Of the Deathless Man, Natalia says in the Epilogue, "According to my grandfather's descriptions, he is a young man at" how old?

5. What word used in the Epilogue means lasting a very short time, or transitory?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the apothecary and Blind Orlo make a living, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

2. What is revealed of the apothecary's childhood and early adulthood in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

3. Who does Luka intend to marry in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"? How would you describe the basis of Luka's relationship with his fiancee?

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

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

6. How does Natalia describe her grandfather's legacy amongst his peers in the novel's Epilogue?

7. What is the legend of Darisa the Bear's death as revealed in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"? Who discovered Darisa's remains?

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

9. What deceit does Amana's father commit after Amana leaves to elope with her lover in Chapter 7: "The Butcher"?

10. What does Natalia theorize about Luka's death in the Epilogue? How does she explain the villagers' obsession with the legends of the tiger's wife?

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