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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Balus die?
(a) Treating a typhus epidemic.
(b) Swimming.
(c) He is shot by a soldier.
(d) In a fight with Mr. Bauer.

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

3. What is Lotte furious about regarding Albert's political leanings?
(a) He is Republican.
(b) He wants to start his own party.
(c) He is a Socialist.
(d) He is a Communist.

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

5. Why does the brigand Jakov Cekrlija want to cross the bridge?
(a) To see his girlfriend.
(b) To get to Serbia.
(c) To fish in the river on the other side.
(d) To eat a restuarant in the new marketplace.

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

7. What are Balas and Mme. Bauer playing in Chapter 19?
(a) Hide and seek.
(b) Violin and piano duet.
(c) Charades.
(d) Cards.

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

9. Why does Zorka say she will give Glasičanin an answer to his marriage proposal in a month?
(a) She will know if she still has a job in a month.
(b) She has to talk with her mother, who is away.
(c) She is waiting to see Stiković.
(d) Her father wants her to wait.

10. What new word is heard in Visegrad for the first time in Chapter 17?
(a) Technology.
(b) Computer.
(c) Strike.
(d) Mustard gas.

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

12. How does Gregor die?
(a) Kills himself with his rifle.
(b) Has an accident with a vehicle.
(c) Drowns.
(d) He is killed by soldiers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do people think Mrs. Bauer goes after Dr. Balus' death?

2. Who is the first to play a gramophone on the kapia?

3. What are the canes made from that most of the university students carry in Visegrad?

4. Who does Zorka kiss in an empty classroom?

5. How old is Gregor Fedun?

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