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

2. What natural disaster occurred in Visegrad in the second half of the 18th century?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Tsunami.
(d) Flood.

3. What is Alihodja Mutevelic known for?
(a) Agreeable nature.
(b) He is easily swayed by others' opinions.
(c) Shyness.
(d) His outspoken nature and independence.

4. How long is a character in a delirium in Chapter 12?
(a) Two months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six years.

5. What is the town's bridge made from?
(a) Wood.
(b) Metal.
(c) Brick.
(d) Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are gendarmes stationed on the bridge for in Chapter 7?

2. What curse does the old women yell at the urchins who stole from her on the bridge?

3. What severed heads are on display on the kapia in 1878?

4. What does kapia mean?

5. Who sets up his shop on the kapia at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people of Visegrad react when the bridge is almost complete?

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

3. What do the townspeople gain when the blockhouse is burned to the ground?

4. Describe Abidaga.

5. Describe the Visegrad ferryman.

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

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

8. How does Shemisbeg Banković resist change when it comes to Visegrad?

9. What does the narrator say about the townspeople of Visegrad?

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

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