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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 is Lotte furious about regarding Albert's political leanings?
(a) He is a Communist.
(b) He is Republican.
(c) He wants to start his own party.
(d) He is a Socialist.

2. Who is arrested in October 1908 for tearing down something on the kapia?
(a) Turkish elders.
(b) Bosnian rebels.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Serbian youths.

3. What does sergeant-major Drazenovic order Gregor to do at the end of his evening shift on the bridge?
(a) Go to dinner as quickly as possible.
(b) Go to the dormitory as soon as possible and stay until further notice.
(c) Sing a song from their home country.
(d) Walk to the market and buy him some fruit.

4. How does Gregor die?
(a) Has an accident with a vehicle.
(b) He is killed by soldiers.
(c) Drowns.
(d) Kills himself with his rifle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new drink does Corkan prefer in Chapter 15?

2. What does Maistor-Peitro's wife want him to do to the youths who chided him?

3. What is the reputation of the students who gather on the kapia in Chapter 18?

4. Who does Zahler's sister-in-law help with her fortune?

5. What do Hadji Omer and his wife lack in life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jelenka fool Gregor Fedun?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Zorka's relationship with Glasičanin.

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

10. Why does Hadji Omer take a second wife?

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