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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jamak?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Ferryman.
(c) Goat herdsman.
(d) Shopkeeper.

2. What is posted on the kapia beneath the marble plaque?
(a) Proclamations and public orders.
(b) Posters for missing children.
(c) Advertisements.
(d) Protest flyers.

3. How do the townspeople react after someone is tortured and killed in Chapter 3?
(a) Indescribable fear.
(b) They storm Abidaga's headquarters.
(c) With excitement.
(d) Angrily.

4. What season does the building of the bridge begin?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

5. How old are the Christian children who are collected from Bosnia?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten to fifteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Abidaga blame for the short autumn days?

4. Who is left behind on the riverbank because they are not allowed to cross on the ferry?

5. Who is arrested and tortured in Chapter 3?

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