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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fata known for before she is married?
(a) Business acumen.
(b) The best weaver in town.
(c) Cooking skills.
(d) Her beauty.

2. What do the Turkish soldiers dump into the river in Chapter 6?
(a) Trash.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Coffee grounds.
(d) Old guns.

3. Who does the police chief summon when he is told to meet the colonel on the kapia the next morning?
(a) The town notables.
(b) Town band.
(c) Church choir.
(d) Clean up crew for the kapia.

4. What kind of horse does Osmanagic own?
(a) Arab thoroughbred.
(b) Lame horse.
(c) Clydesdale.
(d) Palomino.

5. What is the mufti surprised by when he talks with the Turkish leaders of Visegrad?
(a) Their bloodthirsty nature.
(b) Their eagerness to fight.
(c) Their firm support of his plans.
(d) Lukewarm response to fighting the Austrians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do weddings and funerals always stop in Chapter 1?

2. What does kapia mean?

3. Who does Radisav of Unište blame for the sabotage of the bridge?

4. What happens on the kapia on the eve of August 18th every year after the newcomers arrive?

5. What do the soldiers erect in the middle of the bridge in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the town of Visegrad during the great flood?

2. Describe the Visegrad ferryman.

3. Does Fata believe her father will marry her to Nail-beg of Nezuke?

4. Describe Avdaga Osmanagic.

5. Does the schoolmaster, Hussein Effendi, like to talk a lot?

6. How does the Serbian revolt affect the town of Visegrad?

7. What occurs during the first part of the bridge construction?

8. Describe Abidaga.

9. Why does Radisav want to sabotage the building of the bridge?

10. What diseases sweep through Sarajevo during the middle of the nineteenth century and limit travel?

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