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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the mid-nineteenth century, how many plagues ravage Sarajevo?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

3. How old is the dark-skinned boy who is collected from the town of Sokolovici?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

4. What happens to the fountain on the bridge after the blockhouse burns down?
(a) It is completely black from soot.
(b) An artist paints a mural on it.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) Snake head is crushed.

5. When the soldiers begin to leave Visegard in the fall, who comes to take their place?
(a) Civil servants.
(b) Leaders from another village.
(c) Russian soldiers.
(d) French leaders.

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

7. Who orders the bridge to be built in Chapter 2?
(a) King.
(b) Vezir.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Prince.

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

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

10. How is the schoolmaster, Hussein Effendi, described?
(a) Sickly looking.
(b) Small, plump, and well-dressed.
(c) Unkempt.
(d) Tall and thin.

11. What do the soldiers erect in the middle of the bridge in Chapter 6?
(a) Radio headquarters.
(b) Blockhouse.
(c) Statue of their leader.
(d) Barn for livestock.

12. What is the town's bridge made from?
(a) Stone.
(b) Brick.
(c) Metal.
(d) Wood.

13. Where do many of the refugee families intend to go who cross the bridge in Chapter 7?
(a) Sarajevo.
(b) Serbia.
(c) The next village over from Visegrad.
(d) Bosnia.

14. How old is Bukus Gaon?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Forty-four.

15. What do some groups enjoy more freely after the newcomers arrive in Chapter 11?
(a) Courthouse.
(b) Administrative offices.
(c) School.
(d) Kapia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the police chief summon when he is told to meet the colonel on the kapia the next morning?

2. What does Karamanli order his servant to do to Alihodja?

3. What religious position does Pop Nikola have?

4. What do the children ride in after they are collected from Bosnia?

5. What is Alihodja Mutevelic known for?

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