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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 posted on the kapia beneath the marble plaque?
(a) Proclamations and public orders.
(b) Posters for missing children.
(c) Protest flyers.
(d) Advertisements.

2. What does the narrator say distinguishes the people of the town in Chapter 1?
(a) Unhappy people.
(b) Carefree attitude.
(c) Quarrelsome nature.
(d) Handsome looks.

3. What color horse does the colonel arrive on when he comes to Visegrad?
(a) Grey.
(b) Brown.
(c) Spotted.
(d) Black.

4. Who is Jamak?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Ferryman.
(d) Goat herdsman.

5. What religious position does Pop Nikola have?
(a) Rabbi.
(b) Minister.
(c) Priest.
(d) Deacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the headman do with the heads of those he executes during the Serbian revolt?

2. Who is Arif Beg?

3. Who does the police chief summon when he is told to meet the colonel on the kapia the next morning?

4. What do some groups enjoy more freely after the newcomers arrive in Chapter 11?

5. What are the Christian children collected from Bosnia for in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when civil servants arrive in Visegrad and start making changes?

2. Describe the setting of the kapia the night that refugees from Uzice cross the bridge.

3. Describe the Visegrad ferryman.

4. Is Pop Nikola admired by the town?

5. What happens when Milan Glasicanin gambles on the kapia with a stranger?

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

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

8. Describe how the the Stone Han is changed.

9. Why does the mufti of Plevlje's come to Visegrad?

10. Describe Salko Corkan's appearance.

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