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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is chosen to administer Serbia in Chapter 7?
(a) Salko.
(b) Karageorge.
(c) Hedo.
(d) Prince Milos.

3. What does kapia mean?
(a) Town's cultural meeting place.
(b) Admonishment to loiterers.
(c) Noodle soup.
(d) Tribute to religious leaders.

4. What color veil is Fata wearing the day her marriage is announced?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

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

6. How does the man from Plevlje react after he sees someone tortured?
(a) Cries.
(b) Gets sick to his stomach.
(c) Screams in fear.
(d) Laughs and dances in relief.

7. What disease are people worried about coming to the town from Sarajevo in Chapter 7?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Flu.

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

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

10. What kind of horse does Osmanagic own?
(a) Lame horse.
(b) Palomino.
(c) Arab thoroughbred.
(d) Clydesdale.

11. How long is Bukus gone from Visegrad?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) One year.

12. What do the children ride in after they are collected from Bosnia?
(a) Wagons.
(b) Panniers.
(c) Carts.
(d) Wheelbarrows.

13. Who is left behind on the riverbank because they are not allowed to cross on the ferry?
(a) Mothers and relatives of the children.
(b) Horse handlers.
(c) Old men.
(d) Sick children.

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

15. What happens to the marketplace in Chapter 11?
(a) It is leveled and widened.
(b) More trees are planted in it.
(c) It is made smaller.
(d) All the shops are burned down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the fountain on the bridge after the blockhouse burns down?

2. What severed heads are on display on the kapia in 1878?

3. What do the soldiers erect in the middle of the bridge in Chapter 6?

4. Whose house has windows that catch the last rays of sunlight?

5. Who revolts in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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