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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife assassinated?
(a) Bosnia.
(b) Visegrad.
(c) Italy.
(d) Sarajevo.

2. What happens to Lotte when she is cut off from her office and the hotel?
(a) She has a mental breakdown.
(b) She starts another business.
(c) She can finally go on vacation.
(d) She falls in love.

3. Who passes Gregor on the bridge that he looks forward to seeing again?
(a) Artist.
(b) Priest.
(c) A girl dressed in Turkish shawls.
(d) Soldier.

4. What is the relationship between Mihailo Ristic and Peter Gatal?
(a) Uncle and nephew.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Grandfather and grandson.
(d) Godfather and godson.

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

6. Who is arrested in October 1908 for tearing down something on the kapia?
(a) Serbian youths.
(b) Bosnian rebels.
(c) Turkish elders.
(d) Soldiers.

7. What falls on Alihodja's shop and causes him to fly through the air?
(a) A door.
(b) A chunk of the bridge.
(c) A wooden beam.
(d) His neighbor's shop.

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

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

10. Where does Alihodja's life end?
(a) Walking up the hill to his home.
(b) On the riverbank near the bridge.
(c) In his shop.
(d) In the marketplace.

11. What does Alihodja turn his house into in Chapter 23?
(a) Muslim religious school.
(b) Meeting room for rebels.
(c) Reading room.
(d) Cafe.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Pasa play in Hadji Omer's life?

2. Who is assassinated at the beginning of Chapter 16?

3. What is Alihodja's reputation in the town in Chapter 16?

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

5. What is Lotte furious about regarding Albert's political leanings?

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