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

2. What is the reputation of the students who gather on the kapia in Chapter 18?
(a) Appreciated for their outspokeness.
(b) Free thinkers and nationalists.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Smart.

3. What do the townspeople believe is happening when the bridge pier is drilled and a manhole cover is put over it?
(a) The bridge is being mined for explosion.
(b) The bridge is being repaired.
(c) The bridge pier needs to be replaced.
(d) The soldiers need a place to hide their food.

4. What is built to link Sarajevo with the Serbian frontier?
(a) Mountain road.
(b) Railroad.
(c) Tunnel through the mountain.
(d) Special conveyance to scale the mountains.

5. Why does Zorka say she will give Glasičanin an answer to his marriage proposal in a month?
(a) She has to talk with her mother, who is away.
(b) Her father wants her to wait.
(c) She is waiting to see Stiković.
(d) She will know if she still has a job in a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Alihodja's ear tingle when he is on the bridge in October, 1908?

2. Where does Zahler take his family and Lotte after the hotel is ruined?

3. What kind of writer is Toma Galus?

4. How old is Gregor Fedun?

5. What is the summer of 1914 like for Visegrad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new changes do university students bring to the kapia?

2. What happens to Lotte at the end of the novel?

3. What new changes occur in 1900 to the town of Visegrad?

4. What does Alihodja want most in the moments before he dies?

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

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

7. Why does Hadji Omer take a second wife?

8. Why is Salko Corkan considered a hero by his companions?

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

10. Is Gregor Fedun glad to be a streifkorps?

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