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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 many miles did Natalia's grandfather travel to reach Zdrevkov before his death, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

2. Who obtains a potion from the apothecary and takes it to the tiger's wife in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) Marko.
(b) Natalia's grandfather.
(c) Mother Vera.
(d) Luka.

3. Where was the apothecary found wandering the ruins as a ten-year-old boy in the story from Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A monastery.
(d) A government office.

4. The abandoned village that Natalia follows the man from the crossroads to in Chapter 13: "The River" was supposedly abandoned after what war?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Friso-Drentic War.
(d) The War of the Polish Succession.

5. Of the Deathless Man, Natalia says in the Epilogue, "According to my grandfather's descriptions, he is a young man at" how old?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Ninety-five.
(d) Fifty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 8: "The Heart" means characterized by sudden, violent outburst?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 9: "The Bear," Darisa the Bear came to Galina once every year, right after what holiday?

3. Who was the Turkish captain that sabered the young apothecary and almost impaled him in the narrator's story from Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

4. The Deathless Man reveals to Natalia's grandfather that the woman he loved was once what, in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

5. What have Marko Parovic's grandchildren recently bought him in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the man that Natalia follows into the abandoned village in Chapter 13: "The River"? What clues in the chapter indicate his identity?

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

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

5. What do Natalia's grandfather and Gavran Gaile do when they meet in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"? What is revealed about Gavran's past?

6. Where did the apothecary go after Blind Orlo's death, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: "The Apothecary"? How is his life described in this setting?

7. What does Gavran Gaile say about the suddenness of death in Chapter 11: "The Bombing"?

8. How is the character of Darisa described by Natalia in Chapter 9: "The Bear"? What is Darisa's occupation?

9. What information does Natalia learn from Fra Antun during their journey in Chapter 10: "The Crossroads"? How is this information significant to the novel's plot?

10. What is Natalia asked to promise in the conclusion of Chapter 13: "The River"? What is her response?

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