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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname do the townspeople give Arif Beg?
(a) Big man.
(b) Old Baldie.
(c) Crazy one.
(d) Giant.

2. Who orders the bridge to be built in Chapter 2?
(a) Emperor.
(b) King.
(c) Vezir.
(d) Prince.

3. What does the Montenegrin traveler sing when he comes upon the bridge construction?
(a) Russian dance music.
(b) Lullabyes.
(c) Turkish songs.
(d) Patriotic Serbian songs.

4. What do the military vehicles deliver to Visegrad?
(a) Lumber.
(b) More people.
(c) Food, clothing, instruments, and furniture.
(d) Animals.

5. What causes a fire and burns the blockhouse down?
(a) Lightning strike.
(b) Hay catching on fire.
(c) Candle.
(d) Cooking campfire.

6. What are gendarmes stationed on the bridge for in Chapter 7?
(a) Prevent travelers from coming into the town.
(b) Checking baggage for banned substances.
(c) Counting number of travelers coming into town.
(d) Checking passports.

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

8. What is Miles doing at daybreak in the woods?
(a) Praying.
(b) Cutting branches.
(c) Raking leaves.
(d) Gathering beries.

9. What noise occurs when the stranger who plays cards on the kapia vanishes?
(a) Cock crows.
(b) Pots clanging.
(c) The sound of horses stampeding.
(d) Bells jingle.

10. How long does it take Fata to arrange her trousseau?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three months.

11. Who is Jelisije from Cajnice?
(a) Writer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Musician.
(d) Vagabond religious pilgrim.

12. What does Bukus become when he goes to Ustamujić's Inn on a Sunday in Chapter 12?
(a) Entertainer.
(b) Waiter.
(c) More religious.
(d) Gambler.

13. Whose house has windows that catch the last rays of sunlight?
(a) Osmanagići's.
(b) Nail's.
(c) Hedo's.
(d) Hamzic's.

14. What happens to the marketplace in Chapter 11?
(a) It is leveled and widened.
(b) All the shops are burned down.
(c) It is made smaller.
(d) More trees are planted in it.

15. What does Abidaga order his man to do with the corpse in Chapter 3?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Throw it into the river.
(c) Give it a proper burial.
(d) Throw it to the dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says at the end of Chapter 10 " A bloody business, this army..."?

2. What do the urchins steal from the old women on the kapia?

3. What do the children ride in after they are collected from Bosnia?

4. Who is Salko Hedo?

5. What does Karamanli order his servant to do to Alihodja?

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