View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alihodja go when the Austrians tell him to evacuate?
(a) To his house.
(b) To his "coffin" or tiny room.
(c) The kapia.
(d) Medjan.

2. How many years pass between the census and recruitment of young men?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

3. What does Glasičanin tell Zorka after the Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated?
(a) He no longer wants to marry her.
(b) He has no hope for the future.
(c) He is going to Serbia to fight.
(d) He still wants to go to America.

4. What happens to Lotte when she is cut off from her office and the hotel?
(a) She can finally go on vacation.
(b) She has a mental breakdown.
(c) She falls in love.
(d) She starts another business.

5. What is Alihodja sure he can hear coming form the marketplace at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Angry fighting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Windows breaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alihodja hide in order to be alone?

2. Where do Lotte and her family live now that the hotel is in ruins?

3. What is the relationship between Mihailo Ristic and Peter Gatal?

4. How many times has Mujaga Mutapdžić been a refugee?

5. What is the name of the hotel built on the river bank beside the bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Zorka's relationship with Glasičanin.

2. What is Janko Stiković preoccupied about at the beginning of Chapter 19?

3. What is Lotte's reaction when she reads about her nephew in the newspaper?

4. What is the summer like in 1914?

5. What is Alihodja's perspective on the new changes in Visegrad?

6. What is the reaction to the gramophone when the coffee merchant plays it on the kapia?

7. What role does Mihailo Ristić play in keeping merchants safe during the bombardment?

8. Describe the relationship between Janko Stikovic and Nikola Glasičanin.

9. How does Jelenka fool Gregor Fedun?

10. Why is Lotte so tired?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 938 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample