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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is assassinated at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Empress Elizabeth.
(b) Prnce David.
(c) Princess Anna.
(d) King Fernidad.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. Who is accused of sending light signals toward the Serbian border?
(a) Zorka.
(b) Two young students.
(c) Two peasants and a townsman.
(d) Clerics.

8. Who does Mihailo Ristić's give shelter to in his large home during bombardments?
(a) Young children.
(b) Town merchants.
(c) Alihodja.
(d) Austrian soldiers.

9. What kind of writer is Toma Galus?
(a) Gossip columnist.
(b) Poet.
(c) Novelist.
(d) Food columnist.

10. What role does Pasa play in Hadji Omer's life?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Second wife.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Laundress.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who passes Gregor on the bridge that he looks forward to seeing again?

2. What wears Lotte out in Chapter 20?

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

4. What is the summer of 1914 like for Visegrad?

5. Where does Alihodja go when the Austrians tell him to evacuate?

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