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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. What building does Lola make her way to in Sarajevo that her father once worked in, in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The mosque.
(b) The finance ministry.
(c) The synagogue.
(d) The art museum.

2. Who takes Lola to the National Museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) Amitai.
(b) Aida.
(c) Sava.
(d) Alia.

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

4. Who is described as Serif's superior at the museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) Dr. Josip Boscovic.
(b) Dr. Hamish Sajjan.
(c) Amitai Yomtov.
(d) Dr. Werner Heinrich.

5. 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) "A century."
(c) "Fifty years."
(d) "Two centuries."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Hanna in 1996?

2. How long is the report by the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist that Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

3. What is Hanna's mother's profession?

4. When was the Sarajevo Haggadah last bound, according to the narrator in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?

5. When did the Sarajevo seige begin in the Bosnian War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Serif and Stela Kamal and how does Lola know them?

2. What is the Sarajevo Haggadah? When and where was it created? Why is it valued?

3. Who is Franz Hirschfeldt? How is his character described in “Feathers and a Rose: Vienna, 1894"?

4. Who is Isak and what is his relationship to Lola? What happens to Isak?

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

6. 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?

7. Where does Lola go in Sarajevo when she returns in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940”? Who does she meet there and how does this character help Lola?

8. What causes Hanna the guilt that she feels regarding Ozren in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

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

10. Who is Werner Heinrich and what is his relationship to Hanna?

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