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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Turkish soldiers dump into the river in Chapter 6?
(a) Trash.
(b) Coffee grounds.
(c) Old guns.
(d) Flowers.

2. What does the headman do with the heads of those he executes during the Serbian revolt?
(a) Gives them to the dogs.
(b) Puts them on stakes on the bridge.
(c) Throws them in the river.
(d) Buries them in the churchyard.

3. Who is Arif Beg?
(a) Coffee-brewer.
(b) Representative of the Vezir.
(c) New town leader.
(d) Town jester.

4. Who does Abidaga blame for the short autumn days?
(a) The Vezir.
(b) The stars and moon.
(c) The peasant workers.
(d) The Emperor.

5. Who sets up his shop on the kapia at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Wine maker.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Coffee maker.
(d) Cheese maker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What curse does the old women yell at the urchins who stole from her on the bridge?

3. What does Abidaga do if he finds any part of the bridge damaged in Chapter 3?

4. Who is Jamak?

5. Who dies repairing the roof of the Stone Han?

(see the answer key)

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