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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Sarajevo Haggadah created?
(a) France.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Venice.
(d) Spain.

2. Where is Hanna's home?
(a) Boston, U.S.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Sydney, Australia.
(d) New York, U.S.

3. Who wrote the book My Youth in Vienna that Heinlich reads from to Hanna in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) Jim Bardayal.
(b) Arthur Schnitzler.
(c) Joseph Kohen.
(d) Hamish Sajjan.

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

5. What Muslim name do Serif and Stela give to Lola while she stays with them?
(a) Leila.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Maria.
(d) Anna.

6. 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) "Two centuries."
(b) "Twenty years."
(c) "A century."
(d) "Fifty years."

7. Who is the chief archivist at the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien?
(a) Jim Bardayal.
(b) Amitai Yomtov.
(c) Frau Zweig.
(d) Hamish Sajjan.

8. What makes the Sarajevo Haggadah so rare and unusual?
(a) The statements made in the book go against Jewish law.
(b) The style of the artistry in the book did not appear for over a hundred years later than it is dated.
(c) The book was created and bound in a way that broke kosher Jewish laws.
(d) Jews believed that illustrations violated God's Commandments at this time.

9. What is Hanna's mother's profession?
(a) She is a painter.
(b) She is a sculptor.
(c) She is a banker.
(d) She is a neurosurgeon.

10. What organization has Lola just attended a meeting of in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The French Resistance.
(b) The White Underground.
(c) The Black Riders.
(d) The Young Guardians.

11. Who is Hanna's former teacher and the leading Hebrew manuscripts specialist in the world?
(a) Werner Heinrich.
(b) Joseph Kohen.
(c) Yad Vashem.
(d) Jim Bardayal.

12. What genus of butterfly is the wing from the Sarajevo Haggadah said to be in Hanna's narrative?
(a) Papilionidae.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Parnassius.
(d) Monarch.

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

14. What is the name of Stela's son?
(a) Ozren.
(b) Habib.
(c) Sava.
(d) Alia.

15. How long is the report by the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist that Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) 5 pages.
(b) 30 pages.
(c) 10 pages.
(d) 20 pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the saltwater used at the seder table represent?

2. What is Serif's last name in the novel?

3. Where does Munib's father hide the haggadah 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. What is Amalie Sutter's profession?

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