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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname do the townspeople give Arif Beg?
(a) Old Baldie.
(b) Giant.
(c) Crazy one.
(d) Big man.

2. What does the boy from Sokolovici feel when he comes to the ferry crossing?
(a) Knife-like pang in his chest.
(b) Burning sensation in his arm.
(c) Headache.
(d) Stomachache.

3. What does mad Ilinka think has happened to her children?
(a) They were walled up in the bridge.
(b) They are staying in another town.
(c) Her employer is raising them.
(d) They were lost by her.

4. Who does Radisav of Unište blame for the sabotage of the bridge?
(a) Fairy.
(b) Abidaga.
(c) Leader of town's Christian community.
(d) Montenegrin traveler.

5. What month is it when the children are collected in Bosnia?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) July.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do weddings and funerals always stop in Chapter 1?

2. What is posted on the kapia beneath the marble plaque?

3. How do the townspeople react after someone is tortured and killed in Chapter 3?

4. What does the narrator say distinguishes the people of the town in Chapter 1?

5. What is the town's bridge made from?

(see the answer key)

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