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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 does Stiković recall watching as a boy?
(a) A great explosion.
(b) Ćorkan's dance on the parapet.
(c) The river freeze up.
(d) Animals playing on the kapia.

2. How many times has Mujaga Mutapdžić been a refugee?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

3. Who does Zahler's sister-in-law help with her fortune?
(a) The schools.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) The destitute.
(d) The government officials.

4. What kind of writer is Toma Galus?
(a) Gossip columnist.
(b) Food columnist.
(c) Novelist.
(d) Poet.

5. What does the army insist upon in the marketplace during artillery fire in Chapter 23?
(a) That all businesses are closed.
(b) That food and water are only given to soldiers.
(c) That businesses remain open.
(d) That all glass items are thrown out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alihodja turn his house into in Chapter 23?

2. What does Corkan dance on one icy night in Chapter 15?

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

4. What are Balas and Mme. Bauer playing in Chapter 19?

5. What is built to link Sarajevo with the Serbian frontier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Alihodja go when the gendarmes tell him to evacuate?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Alihodja feel when a proclamation is posted on the kapia and read by a young boy?

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

8. Is Gregor Fedun glad to be a streifkorps?

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

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

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