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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 job does Tosun Effendi have with the bridge construction?
(a) Builder of scaffold.
(b) Mason.
(c) Guard.
(d) Quarryman.

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

3. Who sets up his shop on the kapia at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Weaver.
(b) Coffee maker.
(c) Cheese maker.
(d) Wine maker.

4. What color staff does Abidaga carry?
(a) Red.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

5. What do the Turks accuse Miles of?
(a) Stealing food.
(b) Hiding enemy soldiers.
(c) Stealing livestock.
(d) Singing songs about infidel fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do the townspeople give Arif Beg?

2. Who is Nail-beg Hamzić?

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

4. What does Bukus find on the kapia?

5. What noise occurs when the stranger who plays cards on the kapia vanishes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Dauthodja give his life for the Stone Han?

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

6. Describe the bridge that spans the river Drina.

7. Describe Arif Beg.

8. Describe Avdaga Osmanagic.

9. Does Alihodja's resistance to Karamanli end in suffering for him?

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

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