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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Albert immigrate to after he is expelled from Vienna?
(a) America.
(b) Italy.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Buenos Aires.

2. What disease are people worried about coming to the town from Sarajevo in Chapter 7?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Flu.

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

4. What do Hadji Omer and his wife lack in life?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) A child.
(d) A home.

5. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?
(a) Competing hotel.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Mosque.
(d) Officer's mess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color rug does Shemsibeg sit and smoke on in Chapter 11?

2. What kind of temperament does the mufti have in Chapter 9?

3. When spring arrives, what does the author say helps the young people forget about the terrible winter they have survived?

4. What do the soldiers erect in the middle of the bridge in Chapter 6?

5. What severed heads are on display on the kapia in 1878?

(see the answer key)

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