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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious position does Pop Nikola have?
(a) Priest.
(b) Minister.
(c) Deacon.
(d) Rabbi.

2. What is the mufti surprised by when he talks with the Turkish leaders of Visegrad?
(a) Their bloodthirsty nature.
(b) Their firm support of his plans.
(c) Lukewarm response to fighting the Austrians.
(d) Their eagerness to fight.

3. What does Osman Effendi Karamanli argue with Alihodja about?
(a) Joining his revolt.
(b) The type of music that will be played on the kapia.
(c) The amount of pay he should receive.
(d) The message he is writing for his superiors.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the headman do with the heads of those he executes during the Serbian revolt?
(a) Throws them in the river.
(b) Puts them on stakes on the bridge.
(c) Gives them to the dogs.
(d) Buries them in the churchyard.

10. What do the Turkish soldiers dump into the river in Chapter 6?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Trash.
(c) Coffee grounds.
(d) Old guns.

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

12. How many refugee families cross the bridge on a warm summer evening?
(a) One hundred twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Two hundred.

13. What color horse does the colonel arrive on when he comes to Visegrad?
(a) Spotted.
(b) Grey.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

14. Who frightens women in the town of Visegrad in Chapter 11?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Animals.
(c) Bad theatrical performers.
(d) Loud workers.

15. Who is arrested and tortured in Chapter 3?
(a) Llinka.
(b) Montenegrin traveler.
(c) Abidaga.
(d) Radisav of Uniste.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the dark-skinned boy who is collected from the town of Sokolovici?

2. Who kills the Vezir Mehmed Pashir?

3. Who is Jelisije from Cajnice?

4. What kind of horse does Osmanagic own?

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

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