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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the schoolmaster, Hussein Effendi, described?
(a) Small, plump, and well-dressed.
(b) Unkempt.
(c) Tall and thin.
(d) Sickly looking.

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

4. What is posted on the kapia beneath the marble plaque?
(a) Proclamations and public orders.
(b) Advertisements.
(c) Posters for missing children.
(d) Protest flyers.

5. Where do the townspeople no longer go after the soldiers arrive in Chapter 11?
(a) Marketplace.
(b) Church.
(c) Kapia.
(d) River.

6. What is Suljaga Osmanagic known for in Visegrad?
(a) His wooden leg.
(b) Richest Turk in town.
(c) Ability to read and write.
(d) Beautiful singing voice.

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

8. What does mad Ilinka think has happened to her children?
(a) They are staying in another town.
(b) Her employer is raising them.
(c) They were walled up in the bridge.
(d) They were lost by her.

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

10. What does Bukus find on the kapia?
(a) Love letter.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Gold coin.

11. 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) The beauty of song.
(c) Reading books.
(d) Swimming.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the Christian children born in this town?

3. What is the Drina?

4. What is the mufti surprised by when he talks with the Turkish leaders of Visegrad?

5. Where does Fata ask the wedding procession to stop?

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