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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. Where do Lotte and her family live now that the hotel is in ruins?

2. What is unusual about Gregor's physical appearance?

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

4. Where are Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife assassinated?

5. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jelenka fool Gregor Fedun?

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

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

4. Who is Lotte?

5. What is the summer like in 1914?

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

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

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

9. What is Janko Stiković preoccupied about at the beginning of Chapter 19?

10. Is Gregor Fedun glad to be a streifkorps?

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

Identify a character who resists change and prefers to live in a traditional way. How does this character manage to avoid changing with the times? Why does he or she believe it is important to remain true to the "old ways"?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Zorka's relationship with Stiković. What does she see in him? How is she disillusioned by his response to her? Does she hold out hope for a relationship with him? How can you tell?

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