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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Alihodja's ear tingle when he is on the bridge in October, 1908?
(a) Someone is talking about him.
(b) He has an infection.
(c) He was stung by a bee.
(d) A boy reading a proclamation.

2. What is the summer of 1914 like for Visegrad?
(a) Fruitful.
(b) The weather is rainy.
(c) There is a terrible famine.
(d) Poor.

3. What does Glasičanin say about Stiković when they are debating on the kapia?
(a) He is a great writer.
(b) He should marry.
(c) Urges him to lend him money.
(d) He is too vain to love anyone or anything.

4. What do Hadji Omer and his wife lack in life?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) A home.
(d) A child.

5. What is the reputation of the students who gather on the kapia in Chapter 18?
(a) Smart.
(b) Free thinkers and nationalists.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Appreciated for their outspokeness.

6. What is the name of the hotel built on the river bank beside the bridge?
(a) Marketplace hotel.
(b) Hotel-by-the-bridge.
(c) Hotel Visegrad.
(d) Zahler.

7. What occupation does Zorka have?
(a) Schoolmistress.
(b) Banker.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Chef.

8. What wears Lotte out in Chapter 20?
(a) Working on her accounts after midnight.
(b) Traveling to see her nephew.
(c) Having too many customers.
(d) Making lots of money.

9. How does Salko Corkan support himself?
(a) Schoolmaster.
(b) Cleric.
(c) Entertainer.
(d) Hotel worker.

10. What does Stiković have published that he is dissatisfied with?
(a) Magazine article.
(b) Novel.
(c) Play.
(d) Children's story.

11. Where does Alihodja go when the Austrians tell him to evacuate?
(a) The kapia.
(b) Medjan.
(c) To his house.
(d) To his "coffin" or tiny room.

12. What is Alihodja's reputation in the town in Chapter 16?
(a) He speaks well of the Austrians.
(b) He has a dark view of everything.
(c) He is lighthearted.
(d) He is happy about the new changes.

13. What happens with the bridge in the early 1900's?
(a) It gets whitewashed.
(b) Engineers come to repair it.
(c) A new stone fountain is built.
(d) The lights are replaced.

14. What are streifkorps?
(a) German pastry.
(b) Mobile storm troops.
(c) Polish noodles.
(d) Austrian drinks.

15. What does the army insist upon in the marketplace during artillery fire in Chapter 23?
(a) That businesses remain open.
(b) That all businesses are closed.
(c) That food and water are only given to soldiers.
(d) That all glass items are thrown out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Mujaga Mutapdžić been a refugee?

2. Who grows thin and pale and thinks about jumping into the Drina in the summer of 914?

3. What is Alihodja sure he can hear coming form the marketplace at the end of Chapter 24?

4. What do the townspeople believe is happening when the bridge pier is drilled and a manhole cover is put over it?

5. What does Corkan dance on one icy night in Chapter 15?

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