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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 fruit is brought to the kapia at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What color staff does Abidaga carry?

3. Who orders the bridge to be built in Chapter 2?

4. What is Mula Ibrahim's reputation?

5. How old are the Christian children who are collected from Bosnia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Abidaga.

3. Describe Avdaga Osmanagic.

4. Why does Radisav want to sabotage the building of the bridge?

5. Describe Osman Effedni Karamanli.

6. What does the narrator say about the townspeople of Visegrad?

7. Describe the bridge that spans the river Drina.

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

9. Describe the blockhouse.

10. How does Shemisbeg Banković resist change when it comes to Visegrad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify a character who shows exceptional leadership qualities in the novel and discuss how this person influences the town of Visegrad. Use specific textual examples to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 2

When do we first meet the Vezir in this novel? Why is the river Drina important to him? What is the inspiration for his grand plan to build a bridge over the river?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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