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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the official UN observer who comes to view the Sarajevo Haggadah in Part I of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) Yad Vashem.
(b) Jim Bardayal.
(c) Ozren Karaman.
(d) Hamish Sajjan.

2. Where was Dr. Heinrich's family killed in a fire-bombing during WWII?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Dresden.

3. In what area did Hanna earn her PhD?
(a) Fine art conservation.
(b) American History.
(c) Ancient Near Eastern languages.
(d) Archeology.

4. When was the Sarajevo Haggadah last bound, according to the narrator in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) The 1890s.
(b) The 1850s.
(c) The 1780s.
(d) The 1910s.

5. Where does Munib's father hide the haggadah in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) In the floorboards of his home.
(b) In a Jewish cemetery.
(c) In a Muslim cemetery.
(d) In the library of the mosque.

6. The word "haggadah" is from the Hebrew root word "hgd" which means what?
(a) To love.
(b) To listen.
(c) To tell.
(d) To worship.

7. Where has Hanna arrived in Part V of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Paris.

8. How are the book clasps to the Sarajevo Haggadah described in the report that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) "Rusted and worn."
(b) "Cheap and faulty."
(c) "Extraordinarily beautiful."
(d) "Water-damaged and rusted."

9. How does the narrative style of the novel change in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The narrative shifts from third-person to second-person.
(b) The narrative shifts from second-person to first-person.
(c) The narrative shifts from third-person to first-person.
(d) The narrative shifts from first-person to third-person.

10. Whose mathematical text is taken out and presented to General Faber at the museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) Albert Einstein's.
(b) Pythagoras's.
(c) Elia Mizrahi's.
(d) Yad Vashem's.

11. What river is described in the opening of “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The Ganges River.
(b) The Neretva River.
(c) The Miljacka River.
(d) The Vibas River.

12. Who is the head of the museum library that is said to have saved the Sarajevo Haggadah during the Bosnian War in the novel?
(a) Joseph Kohen.
(b) Ozren Karaman.
(c) Yad Vashem.
(d) Jim Bardayal.

13. What happens to Isak's foot in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) It becomes afflicted by frostbite.
(b) It is shot by a soldier.
(c) It is severed by machinery.
(d) It is blown off by a land mine.

14. In what subject did Hanna earn her master's degree?
(a) History.
(b) Ancient Near Eastern languages.
(c) Neuroscience.
(d) Chemistry.

15. What does Hanna describe as the source of the blue pigment in the panels of the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) Squid ink.
(b) Indigo.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Lapis lazuli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hanna describe the parchments of the Sarajevo Haggadah having been made of in her assessment of them?

2. Who wrote the report analyzing the Sarajevo Haggadah and describing the binding, that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

3. What was the name of Karaman's wife?

4. What makes the Sarajevo Haggadah so rare and unusual?

5. When does the inscription in the Sarajevo Haggadah suggest that it was surveyed by Giovanni Domenico Vistorini?

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