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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Zahler's sister-in-law's name?
(a) Jelenka.
(b) Mandy.
(c) Lotte.
(d) Deborah.

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

4. What does sergeant-major Drazenovic order Gregor to do at the end of his evening shift on the bridge?
(a) Walk to the market and buy him some fruit.
(b) Go to the dormitory as soon as possible and stay until further notice.
(c) Sing a song from their home country.
(d) Go to dinner as quickly as possible.

5. What does Glasičanin say about Stiković when they are debating on the kapia?
(a) He should marry.
(b) He is too vain to love anyone or anything.
(c) Urges him to lend him money.
(d) He is a great writer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the seamstress that Corkan pines for?

4. Why does the brigand Jakov Cekrlija want to cross the bridge?

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

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