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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes a fire and burns the blockhouse down?
(a) Candle.
(b) Lightning strike.
(c) Hay catching on fire.
(d) Cooking campfire.

2. How many years pass between the census and recruitment of young men?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

3. When the plagues come to Sarajevo, what rules do Muslims disobey?
(a) Rules on avoiding sugar.
(b) Rules on foods to eat.
(c) Strict rules on quarantines.
(d) Rules about physical activity.

4. What does Glasičanin say about Stiković when they are debating on the kapia?
(a) Urges him to lend him money.
(b) He is a great writer.
(c) He is too vain to love anyone or anything.
(d) He should marry.

5. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?
(a) Competing hotel.
(b) Officer's mess.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Mosque.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the Turks expelled from Hungary?

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

3. In the mid-nineteenth century, how many plagues ravage Sarajevo?

4. What happens on the kapia on the eve of August 18th every year after the newcomers arrive?

5. What do some of the townspeople do with the corpse in Chapter 3?

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