View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Zahler take his family and Lotte after the hotel is ruined?
(a) Sarajevo.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

2. What does sergeant-major Drazenovic order Gregor to do at the end of his evening shift on the bridge?
(a) Sing a song from their home country.
(b) Go to the dormitory as soon as possible and stay until further notice.
(c) Walk to the market and buy him some fruit.
(d) Go to dinner as quickly as possible.

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

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

5. Where do Zorka and Glasičanin spend time together?
(a) Reading room.
(b) Rehearsals for a festival.
(c) Cafe.
(d) Lotte's hotel.

6. Who is Pietro Sola?
(a) Entertainer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Wine merchant.
(d) The only Italian in Visegrad.

7. How many times has Mujaga Mutapdžić been a refugee?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

8. What do the university students that come to Visegrad wear on their heads?
(a) Turbans.
(b) Baseball caps.
(c) Military helmets.
(d) Panama hats.

9. Who grows thin and pale and thinks about jumping into the Drina in the summer of 914?
(a) Lotte.
(b) Mrs. Bauer.
(c) Zorka.
(d) Albert.

10. Where does Alihodja hide in order to be alone?
(a) At a friend's home in a nearby village.
(b) Under the bridge.
(c) Up in the mountains.
(d) Tiny room behind his shop.

11. What is Alihodja sure he can hear coming form the marketplace at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Angry fighting.
(b) Windows breaking.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Singing.

12. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?
(a) Competing hotel.
(b) Officer's mess.
(c) Mosque.
(d) Grocery store.

13. How many years pass between the census and recruitment of young men?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

14. Why do Turkish youths chide Maistor-Peitro as he walks across the bridge in Chapter 18?
(a) Over the defeat in Tripoli.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His poor workmanship.
(d) His hat.

15. Where do people think Mrs. Bauer goes after Dr. Balus' death?
(a) Sanatorium.
(b) Greece.
(c) America.
(d) Sarajevo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Balus die?

2. Where does Alihodja's life end?

3. What are Balas and Mme. Bauer playing in Chapter 19?

4. What falls on Alihodja's shop and causes him to fly through the air?

5. What does Glasičanin tell Zorka after the Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 445 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample