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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 will know if she still has a job in a month.
(c) Her father wants her to wait.
(d) She has to talk with her mother, who is away.

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

3. Where does Alihodja hide in order to be alone?
(a) Up in the mountains.
(b) Under the bridge.
(c) Tiny room behind his shop.
(d) At a friend's home in a nearby village.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Stiković have published that he is dissatisfied with?
(a) Children's story.
(b) Magazine article.
(c) Novel.
(d) Play.

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

13. Where does Albert immigrate to after he is expelled from Vienna?
(a) America.
(b) Italy.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Mexico.

14. What is the reaction of Visegrad Muslims to a census at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) They are too busy to be bothered with it.
(b) They offer to help gather information.
(c) They are offended.
(d) They are happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?

3. What happens with the bridge in the early 1900's?

4. What does the army insist upon in the marketplace during artillery fire in Chapter 23?

5. What occupation does Zorka have?

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