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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. When Hanna finally gets to see the book for the first time in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996,” she says that "No conservator had handled this manuscript for" how long?
(a) "Twenty years."
(b) "Fifty years."
(c) "A century."
(d) "Two centuries."

2. How old is Dr. Heinrich when Hanna visits him in 1996?
(a) 59.
(b) 76.
(c) 81.
(d) 65.

3. What word in the novel refers to an elementary school run by Sephardic Jews?
(a) Ruti.
(b) Kabballah.
(c) Maldar.
(d) Vashem.

4. What is General Faber said to be the commander of in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The Black Hand units.
(b) The Youth Guard.
(c) The Nazi Party.
(d) The White Horse units.

5. Who sold the Sarajevo Haggadah to the National Museum in Sarajevo?
(a) Yad Vashem.
(b) Joseph Kohen.
(c) Ozren Karaman.
(d) Jim Bardayal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what neighborhood do Karaman and Hanna go to dinner in Part III of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?

2. Who was the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist whose report Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

3. About how old is Munib described as when Lola first sees him in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

4. How are the book clasps to the Sarajevo Haggadah described in the report that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

5. When was the Sarajevo Haggadah sold to the National Museum in Sarajevo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Razmus Kanaha? How does Hanna know this character?

2. Who is Frau Zweig and how is her character introduced in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

3. What actions does Serif Kabal take to save the Sarajevo Haggadah?

4. What notations does Hanna make during her inspection of the Sarajevo Haggadah? What samples does she take?

5. How is life in the Kabal family home described in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940”?

6. How is the setting of Vienna described in Part V of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”? Why does Hanna go there?

7. How does the narrative style of the novel change in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"? Why do you think the author makes this change?

8. How is the setting of Sarajevo described in 1996 in the novel? How is Bosnia's recent history described?

9. Describe the narrative style established in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996.” From whose perspective is this chapter related? Why?

10. Why has Hanna come to Sarajevo in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”? Who accompanies her? What is Hanna's objective in this chapter?

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