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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hedo put down on the steps and stone seat of the kapia before the colonel arrives?
(a) Straw.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) Turkish carpet.
(d) Newspaper.

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

4. Where is a marriage announced in Chapter 8?
(a) Riverbank.
(b) Courthouse.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fata known for before she is married?

2. What fruit is brought to the kapia at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. What religious position does Pop Nikola have?

4. Where does Fata ask the wedding procession to stop?

5. What month is it when the children are collected in Bosnia?

(see the answer key)

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