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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. How is the schoolmaster, Hussein Effendi, described?

2. What are gendarmes stationed on the bridge for in Chapter 7?

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

4. What does Karamanli order his servant to do to Alihodja?

5. How long does it take Fata to arrange her trousseau?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs during the first part of the bridge construction?

2. Is Pop Nikola admired by the town?

3. Describe how the the Stone Han is changed.

4. How do the people of Visegrad react when the bridge is almost complete?

5. What happens when the children are collected in Bosnia for the blood tribute?

6. What happens to the town of Visegrad during the great flood?

7. Describe Milan Glasicanin of Okoliste.

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

9. Describe the bridge that spans the river Drina.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Glasičanin an independent thinker? How does he interact with others? What is his view of the war and how does he hope to bring freedom to Serbia?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Pop Nikola. What kind of person is he? What reputation does he have in the town? How does he play an important role in leading the townspeople through the Austrian occupation?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Lotte's character. How do time and age bring great disappointments into her life? Do you agree or disagree that her mental breakdown was a result of too many people depending on her?

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