The Tiger’s Wife Quizzes

The Tiger's Wife Quiz 1

1 What is the name is of the novel's main narrator?
Zora

Galina

Natalia

Gavo
2 Who serves as a secondary narrator in the novel?
Natalia

Natalia's grandfather

Zora's grandfather

Zora
3 In what region does the action of the novel take place?
Eastern Europe

France

Siberia

The Middle East
4 What animal has a special meaning for Natalia's grandfather?
Tiger

Lion

Zebra

Rhinoceros
5 What ritual is observed by Natalia's grandfather during her youth?
He goes fishing and re-reads The Jungle Book.

He writes sonnets based on his early life.

He drives into the country to visit a monastery.

He walks to the city zoo to see the tigers.
6 What is the nickname of the narrator's grandmother?
Bako

Barba

Gavo

Glaka
7 What is the occupation of the narrator's grandfather?
Literature professor

Lawyer

Doctor

Architect
8 In the novel, Zora and Natalia are active in what field of study?
Sociology

Medicine

Civil engineering

Political science
9 Why are Zora and Natalia traveling to Brejevina?
To meet one of Natalia's family friends

To escape warfare in a larger town

To perform a census

To administer medicine to children
10 What book does the narrator's grandfather regularly carry with him?
The Poems of Thomas Hardy

The Poems of Rudyard Kipling

Jude the Obscure

The Jungle Book
11 Which of the following statements is true of Zora?
She wants to abandon medicine and leave her home country.

Her dislike of violence has compromised her medical studies.

Her outspoken personality gets her into trouble.

She is pursuing medicine mainly for financial gain.
12 Who hosts Natalia and Zora in Brejevina?
Boro

Dure

Nada

Gavo
13 Who or what is Bis?
Barba Ivan's dog

Barba Ivan's parrot

A nickname for Barba Ivan's son

A nickname for one of Barba Ivan's lodgers
14 What do Natalia and Zora encounter in Brejevina?
A family reunion that has resulted in a murder

A political protest

A group of people digging up an orchard

A forest fire
15 Who is M. Dobravka?
A teacher who has fallen on hard times due to her political beliefs

A woman who held an important position at the city zoo

An official who persecuted Natalia's grandfather

An artist whose works Zora imitated and admired
16 What meaningful action does M. Dobravka perform in the novel?
She saves an important political leader from death.

She drives Zora and Natalia to perform a secret task.

She uses a real pair of lungs to teach her class.

She organizes a political demonstration at the zoo.
17 What does Natalia call the man who interrogates her grandfather?
The "hat"

The "shoes"

The "umbrella"

The "cane"
18 What do Natalia and her grandfather see during a nighttime excursion?
An elephant walking through the streets

A mirage of the Tiger's Wife

A mirage of the Deathless Man

A tiger trapped in a basement
19 When does Natalia's grandfather meet the Deathless Man for the first time?
In the course of a routine walk to the zoo

In the course of a leisurely trip to the country

On an assignment to investigate a illness in a village

On a trip to revisit the site of his honeymoon
20 How is the Deathless Man wounded, just before he meets the grandfather for the first time?
One of his feet is stuck in a length of barbed wire.

One of his hands is impaled with a knife.

He has bullets lodged in his skill.

His throat is slit and bleeding.
21 What indicates the immortality of the Deathless Man?
When he sings, forest animals begin to make noise.

When he drinks wine, his senses are heightened.

When he drinks coffee, the grit disappears from the cup.

When he walks through mud, he does not leave footprints.
22 How does Natalia's grandfather test the immortality of the Deathless Man?
He sees if the Deathless Man can survive under water.

He sees if the Deathless Man can survive hanging.

He stabs the Deathless Man in the stomach.

He shoots the Deathless Man in the neck.
23 What does Natalia's grandfather pledge against the Deathless Man?
A copy of The Jungle Book

A wedding ring

A large amount of money

A bottle of treasured liquor
24 For how long, according to the novel, will a soul continue to circulate in the world?
Seven days

One hundred and twelve days

Forty days

Twenty-five days
25 Excluding his death, Natalia's grandfather meets the Deathless Man how many times?
Two

Five

Four

Three

Natalia's grandfather, a doctor, would carry a copy of The Jungle Book with him to the zoo.

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Why do Dure and his men break the thighbones of the body they dig up?

The thighbones were broken in order to keep the body from walking in death..... to keep it from bringing illness to the living.

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What connection does Oberht make between the deathless man and the diggers in the vineyard?

Over the course of the story, Natalia comes to believe that her grandfather's soul was taken by the Deathless Man, who collects souls such as those recently released in the digger's ritual. She believes that if she participates in the ritual, she...

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