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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karamanli order his servant to do to Alihodja?
(a) Cut his hair.
(b) Put him under house arrest.
(c) Nail him by his right ear to the kapia.
(d) Make him leave town.

2. Who says at the end of Chapter 10 " A bloody business, this army..."?
(a) Chief of police.
(b) Pop Nikola.
(c) David Levi.
(d) Salko Hedo.

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

4. Where is a marriage announced in Chapter 8?
(a) Courthouse.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Riverbank.
(d) Church.

5. 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.

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

7. What does Alihodja say to the soldier with the red cross on his arm at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Thank you.
(b) Come to my house for dinner tonight.
(c) I need no one's help.
(d) Please accept my apologies.

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

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

10. Who takes over the town in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Russian military.
(b) Serbian army.
(c) Turkish military.
(d) Austrian troops.

11. How long is Bukus gone from Visegrad?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Twenty years.

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

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

14. In the mid-nineteenth century, how many plagues ravage Sarajevo?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

15. What does Hedo put down on the steps and stone seat of the kapia before the colonel arrives?
(a) Straw.
(b) Turkish carpet.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Flower petals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What severed heads are on display on the kapia in 1878?

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

3. Who is left behind on the riverbank because they are not allowed to cross on the ferry?

4. What does the boy from Sokolovici feel when he comes to the ferry crossing?

5. What religious position does Pop Nikola have?

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