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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the headman do with the heads of those he executes during the Serbian revolt?
(a) Throws them in the river.
(b) Gives them to the dogs.
(c) Puts them on stakes on the bridge.
(d) Buries them in the churchyard.

2. What kind of horse does Osmanagic own?
(a) Palomino.
(b) Arab thoroughbred.
(c) Lame horse.
(d) Clydesdale.

3. What kind of reputation does Abidaga have?
(a) Kind.
(b) Funny.
(c) Harsh and pitiless.
(d) Generous.

4. What curse does the old women yell at the urchins who stole from her on the bridge?
(a) May God send Hairuddin to cut your hair for you!
(b) The spirits are watching you!
(c) Go to the devil!
(d) May your mother punish you!

5. What does mad Ilinka think has happened to her children?
(a) They were lost by her.
(b) They are staying in another town.
(c) Her employer is raising them.
(d) They were walled up in the bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel built on the river bank beside the bridge?

2. When the plagues come to Sarajevo, what rules do Muslims disobey?

3. Why are the Turks waiting for Miles at the mill?

4. How many refugee families cross the bridge on a warm summer evening?

5. Who does Abidaga blame for the short autumn days?

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