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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When spring arrives, what does the author say helps the young people forget about the terrible winter they have survived?
(a) The nice weather.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Reading books.
(d) The beauty of song.

3. What does the boy from Sokolovici feel when he comes to the ferry crossing?
(a) Burning sensation in his arm.
(b) Stomachache.
(c) Knife-like pang in his chest.
(d) Headache.

4. What does kapia mean?
(a) Tribute to religious leaders.
(b) Noodle soup.
(c) Admonishment to loiterers.
(d) Town's cultural meeting place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies repairing the roof of the Stone Han?

2. When are the Turks expelled from Hungary?

3. What job does Tosun Effendi have with the bridge construction?

4. What does the headman do with the heads of those he executes during the Serbian revolt?

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

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