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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maistor-Peitro's wife want him to do to the youths who chided him?
(a) Have them arrested.
(b) Toss them off the bridge.
(c) Hit them in the face with his hammer.
(d) Sue them for libel.

2. 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.

3. What do the townspeople believe is happening when the bridge pier is drilled and a manhole cover is put over it?
(a) The soldiers need a place to hide their food.
(b) The bridge is being mined for explosion.
(c) The bridge pier needs to be replaced.
(d) The bridge is being repaired.

4. Who does Zahler's sister-in-law help with her fortune?
(a) The destitute.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) The schools.
(d) The government officials.

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

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

7. What does Corkan dance on one icy night in Chapter 15?
(a) Parapet of the bridge.
(b) Riverbank.
(c) Hill behind the marketplace.
(d) Statue outside Lotte's hotel.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is unusual about Gregor's physical appearance?
(a) He has very long hair.
(b) He is short and thin.
(c) He is gigantic.
(d) He has a wooden leg.

14. What does Stiković recall watching as a boy?
(a) Ćorkan's dance on the parapet.
(b) Animals playing on the kapia.
(c) A great explosion.
(d) The river freeze up.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the reputation of the students who gather on the kapia in Chapter 18?

4. What does sergeant-major Drazenovic order Gregor to do at the end of his evening shift on the bridge?

5. Where does Albert immigrate to after he is expelled from Vienna?

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