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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is left behind on the riverbank because they are not allowed to cross on the ferry?
(a) Old men.
(b) Horse handlers.
(c) Sick children.
(d) Mothers and relatives of the children.

2. How do the townspeople react after someone is tortured and killed in Chapter 3?
(a) With excitement.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Indescribable fear.
(d) They storm Abidaga's headquarters.

3. Where do weddings and funerals always stop in Chapter 1?
(a) Town center with church clock.
(b) Field with hill.
(c) The kapia.
(d) Main restaurant.

4. How does the man from Plevlje react after he sees someone tortured?
(a) Gets sick to his stomach.
(b) Laughs and dances in relief.
(c) Cries.
(d) Screams in fear.

5. Who does Radisav of Unište blame for the sabotage of the bridge?
(a) Fairy.
(b) Abidaga.
(c) Leader of town's Christian community.
(d) Montenegrin traveler.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the Christian children who are collected from Bosnia?

2. What color staff does Abidaga carry?

3. What nickname do the townspeople give Arif Beg?

4. Who sets up his shop on the kapia at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does the narrator say distinguishes the people of the town in Chapter 1?

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