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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. Who is Salko Hedo?
(a) Gendarme who could not be bribed.
(b) Local fisherman.
(c) Shop owner.
(d) Artist.

2. What do the military vehicles deliver to Visegrad?
(a) Food, clothing, instruments, and furniture.
(b) Lumber.
(c) Animals.
(d) More people.

3. How does the man from Plevlje react after he sees someone tortured?
(a) Cries.
(b) Laughs and dances in relief.
(c) Gets sick to his stomach.
(d) Screams in fear.

4. What does Osman Effendi Karamanli argue with Alihodja about?
(a) The type of music that will be played on the kapia.
(b) The message he is writing for his superiors.
(c) The amount of pay he should receive.
(d) Joining his revolt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease are people worried about coming to the town from Sarajevo in Chapter 7?

2. Who says at the end of Chapter 10 " A bloody business, this army..."?

3. What is Alihodja Mutevelic known for?

4. What do the newcomers replace the Stone Han with?

5. What happens to the fountain on the bridge after the blockhouse burns down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Milan Glasicanin of Okoliste.

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

5. Does the bridge withstand the flood?

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

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

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

9. Describe the blockhouse.

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

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