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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What curse does the old women yell at the urchins who stole from her on the bridge?

2. Who is Jamak?

3. How old is the dark-skinned boy who is collected from the town of Sokolovici?

4. What does Osman Effendi Karamanli argue with Alihodja about?

5. What severed heads are on display on the kapia in 1878?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fata do in order to keep both her word and the word of her father?

2. Describe how the the Stone Han is changed.

3. Does the schoolmaster, Hussein Effendi, like to talk a lot?

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

5. Describe Avdaga Osmanagic.

6. Does Alihodja's resistance to Karamanli end in suffering for him?

7. What diseases sweep through Sarajevo during the middle of the nineteenth century and limit travel?

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

9. What does Bukus Gaon find on the kapia that changes his life forever?

10. Is Pop Nikola admired by the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the town's reaction to the bridge construction when it first begins? How does their reaction to it change as the years go on? What is their general opinion of the bridge when it is finished?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character Gregor Fedun. What does his story tell you about the political and military situation of Visegrad at that time? How does a momentary attraction to a young girl result in his tragic death? What do you think the author is suggesting by including Gregor's story in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the railroad that is built and how it influences the town of Visegrad. What is the reaction to it, both positive and negative, among the townspeople? How does it change the town in economic and social ways?

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