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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What curse does the old women yell at the urchins who stole from her on the bridge?
(a) May your mother punish you!
(b) May God send Hairuddin to cut your hair for you!
(c) The spirits are watching you!
(d) Go to the devil!

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

3. What religious community does Bukus belong to?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Muslim.

4. What is Fata known for before she is married?
(a) Business acumen.
(b) Cooking skills.
(c) The best weaver in town.
(d) Her beauty.

5. What fruit is brought to the kapia at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Pears.
(b) Canteloupes and watermelons.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mula Ibrahim's reputation?

2. Who revolts in the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Who sets up his shop on the kapia at the beginning of the novel?

4. What is the mufti surprised by when he talks with the Turkish leaders of Visegrad?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shemisbeg Banković resist change when it comes to Visegrad?

2. Does Alihodja's resistance to Karamanli end in suffering for him?

3. Describe Salko Corkan's appearance.

4. Describe Osman Effedni Karamanli.

5. Does the bridge withstand the flood?

6. What happens when Milan Glasicanin gambles on the kapia with a stranger?

7. What happens when civil servants arrive in Visegrad and start making changes?

8. Does the schoolmaster, Hussein Effendi, like to talk a lot?

9. What is the setting of Visegrad ?

10. Does Fata believe her father will marry her to Nail-beg of Nezuke?

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