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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 does Abidaga blame for the short autumn days?
(a) The peasant workers.
(b) The stars and moon.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The Vezir.

2. Where are the Christian children born in this town?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) Right bank of the river.
(c) Left bank of the river.
(d) Kapia.

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

4. What is the setting of the novel?
(a) Sarajevo.
(b) Austria.
(c) Stambul.
(d) Visegrad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do the townspeople give Arif Beg?

2. What does the Montenegrin traveler sing when he comes upon the bridge construction?

3. How are Effendi's eyes described?

4. How do the townspeople react after someone is tortured and killed in Chapter 3?

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

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