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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. Where do people think Mrs. Bauer goes after Dr. Balus' death?

2. Who grows thin and pale and thinks about jumping into the Drina in the summer of 914?

3. What wears Lotte out in Chapter 20?

4. What are streifkorps?

5. Where does Alihodja's life end?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Janko Stikovic and Nikola Glasičanin.

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

3. How does Jelenka fool Gregor Fedun?

4. How does the outside world creep into Visegrad at the turn of the 20th century?

5. What role does Mihailo Ristić play in keeping merchants safe during the bombardment?

6. Is Gregor Fedun glad to be a streifkorps?

7. What is Janko Stiković preoccupied about at the beginning of Chapter 19?

8. Why is Lotte so tired?

9. What new changes do university students bring to the kapia?

10. Describe Zorka's relationship with Glasičanin.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the conflict between Alihodja and Osman Effendi Karamanli? What action does Karamanli take against Alihodja when he loses patience with him? How does this action affect Alihodja?

Essay Topic 2

"Life on the kapia always renews itself despite everything and the bridge does not change with the years or with the centuries or with the most painful turns in human affairs." Do you agree or disagree with this comment by the narrator? How does life on the kapia return time and time again to its original intent? Use specific textual examples to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. What are the challenges and rewards of living in this setting? In what way does the river Drina play an important role in the life of the townspeople?

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