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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hadji Omer and his wife lack in life?

2. What does Corkan dance on one icy night in Chapter 15?

3. What does sergeant-major Drazenovic order Gregor to do at the end of his evening shift on the bridge?

4. What new building is created opposite Lotte's hotel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alihodja want most in the moments before he dies?

2. Why is Lotte so tired?

3. How does Alihodja feel when a proclamation is posted on the kapia and read by a young boy?

4. How does ten days of bombardment affect the bridge?

5. What is Alihodja's perspective on the new changes in Visegrad?

6. How does Jelenka fool Gregor Fedun?

7. What happens to Lotte at the end of the novel?

8. Why does Hadji Omer take a second wife?

9. Why is Salko Corkan considered a hero by his companions?

10. Who is Lotte?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Zorka's relationship with Stiković. What does she see in him? How is she disillusioned by his response to her? Does she hold out hope for a relationship with him? How can you tell?

Essay Topic 2

How does Fata Osmanagic keep both her word and her father's word? Describe Fata's view of her place in the world and her relationship with her father. Why does she choose death over marriage?

Essay Topic 3

What is the town's reaction to the bridge construction when it first begins? How does their reaction to it change as the years go on? What is their general opinion of the bridge when it is finished?

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