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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What is the summer of 1914 like for Visegrad?
(a) Poor.
(b) Fruitful.
(c) There is a terrible famine.
(d) The weather is rainy.

9. What is Lotte furious about regarding Albert's political leanings?
(a) He is Republican.
(b) He wants to start his own party.
(c) He is a Socialist.
(d) He is a Communist.

10. Who is Enver Bey?
(a) Turkish major and hero.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Hotel dishwasher.
(d) Marketplace worker.

11. How does Gregor die?
(a) Kills himself with his rifle.
(b) Has an accident with a vehicle.
(c) Drowns.
(d) He is killed by soldiers.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Mihailo Ristic and Peter Gatal?

2. How many times has Mujaga Mutapdžić been a refugee?

3. What is Zahler's sister-in-law's name?

4. What occupation does Zorka have?

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

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