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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Milan Glasicanin like to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Dance.
(b) Gamble.
(c) Play violin.
(d) Solve math problems.

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

3. What color veil is Fata wearing the day her marriage is announced?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

4. How old is the dark-skinned boy who is collected from the town of Sokolovici?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Six.

5. What color rug does Shemsibeg sit and smoke on in Chapter 11?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

6. 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.

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

8. What religious community does Bukus belong to?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Jewish.

9. What natural disaster occurred in Visegrad in the second half of the 18th century?
(a) Tsunami.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Flood.
(d) Earthquake.

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

11. What kind of temperament does the mufti have in Chapter 9?
(a) Calm.
(b) Happy.
(c) Fiery.
(d) Funny.

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

13. Who is Jamak?
(a) Ferryman.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Goat herdsman.
(d) Shopkeeper.

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

15. How long is a character in a delirium in Chapter 12?
(a) One year.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Bukus gone from Visegrad?

2. Who sets up his shop on the kapia at the beginning of the novel?

3. Who orders the bridge to be built in Chapter 2?

4. How many refugee families cross the bridge on a warm summer evening?

5. What do some of the townspeople do with the corpse in Chapter 3?

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