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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on the kapia on the eve of August 18th every year after the newcomers arrive?
(a) It is painted orange.
(b) The bridge is decorated.
(c) It is whitewashed.
(d) Fireworks.

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

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

4. What season does the building of the bridge begin?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

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

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

7. Who is Salko Hedo?
(a) Artist.
(b) Shop owner.
(c) Local fisherman.
(d) Gendarme who could not be bribed.

8. Who is Arif Beg?
(a) Representative of the Vezir.
(b) Coffee-brewer.
(c) Town jester.
(d) New town leader.

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

10. What do the soldiers erect in the middle of the bridge in Chapter 6?
(a) Blockhouse.
(b) Radio headquarters.
(c) Statue of their leader.
(d) Barn for livestock.

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

12. What is Fata known for before she is married?
(a) Cooking skills.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) The best weaver in town.
(d) Business acumen.

13. When the plagues come to Sarajevo, what rules do Muslims disobey?
(a) Rules on avoiding sugar.
(b) Strict rules on quarantines.
(c) Rules on foods to eat.
(d) Rules about physical activity.

14. What is the Drina?
(a) Lake.
(b) Fountain.
(c) River.
(d) Mountain.

15. Who does the police chief summon when he is told to meet the colonel on the kapia the next morning?
(a) Clean up crew for the kapia.
(b) Town band.
(c) The town notables.
(d) Church choir.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many refugee families intend to stay in Visegrad in Chapter 7?

3. Who kills the Vezir Mehmed Pashir?

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

5. In the mid-nineteenth century, how many plagues ravage Sarajevo?

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