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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Glasičanin tell Zorka after the Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated?
(a) He no longer wants to marry her.
(b) He is going to Serbia to fight.
(c) He still wants to go to America.
(d) He has no hope for the future.

6. When Glasičanin asks Zorka to marry him, where does he want her to live?
(a) Italy.
(b) South America.
(c) America.
(d) Africa.

7. How many days of bombing does Visegrad endure in Chapter 22?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

8. What young relative does Lotte dress and feed?
(a) Her youngest nephew.
(b) Her brother's daughter.
(c) Her grandchild.
(d) Her cousin.

9. Who is the first to play a gramophone on the kapia?
(a) Coffee merchant.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Cleric.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What comes to the main streets of town in 1914?
(a) Fire hydrants.
(b) Electrical lighting.
(c) Sidewalks.
(d) Street signs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is accused of sending light signals toward the Serbian border?

2. What happens to Lotte when she is cut off from her office and the hotel?

3. What does Albert's sister agree to do when she marries a rich man from Pest?

4. Who is arrested in October 1908 for tearing down something on the kapia?

5. What is the reaction of Visegrad Muslims to a census at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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