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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new word is heard in Visegrad for the first time in Chapter 17?
(a) Strike.
(b) Mustard gas.
(c) Computer.
(d) Technology.

2. Where are Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife assassinated?
(a) Sarajevo.
(b) Italy.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Visegrad.

3. What kind of writer is Toma Galus?
(a) Novelist.
(b) Food columnist.
(c) Gossip columnist.
(d) Poet.

4. What is the reputation of the students who gather on the kapia in Chapter 18?
(a) Amusing.
(b) Smart.
(c) Free thinkers and nationalists.
(d) Appreciated for their outspokeness.

5. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?
(a) Officer's mess.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Competing hotel.
(d) Mosque.

6. How does Dr. Balus die?
(a) Treating a typhus epidemic.
(b) He is shot by a soldier.
(c) Swimming.
(d) In a fight with Mr. Bauer.

7. Who is the first to play a gramophone on the kapia?
(a) Coffee merchant.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Cleric.

8. What do the university students that come to Visegrad wear on their heads?
(a) Turbans.
(b) Military helmets.
(c) Baseball caps.
(d) Panama hats.

9. What young relative does Lotte dress and feed?
(a) Her grandchild.
(b) Her brother's daughter.
(c) Her youngest nephew.
(d) Her cousin.

10. What is Alihodja sure he can hear coming form the marketplace at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Windows breaking.
(b) Angry fighting.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Singing.

11. What does the army insist upon in the marketplace during artillery fire in Chapter 23?
(a) That food and water are only given to soldiers.
(b) That all glass items are thrown out.
(c) That businesses remain open.
(d) That all businesses are closed.

12. How does Gregor die?
(a) Has an accident with a vehicle.
(b) He is killed by soldiers.
(c) Kills himself with his rifle.
(d) Drowns.

13. What does Albert's sister agree to do when she marries a rich man from Pest?
(a) Wear a head covering.
(b) Become good friends with her sister-in-law.
(c) Agree to remain silent during the wedding.
(d) Convert to Christianity.

14. What is the name of the hotel built on the river bank beside the bridge?
(a) Hotel-by-the-bridge.
(b) Marketplace hotel.
(c) Zahler.
(d) Hotel Visegrad.

15. When Glasičanin asks Zorka to marry him, where does he want her to live?
(a) Italy.
(b) Africa.
(c) America.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lotte furious about regarding Albert's political leanings?

2. What is unusual about Gregor's physical appearance?

3. Who is Enver Bey?

4. Who passes Gregor on the bridge that he looks forward to seeing again?

5. What makes Alihodja's ear tingle when he is on the bridge in October, 1908?

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