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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. On what day of the week is the Muslim Sabbath?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

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

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

4. Who wrote the report analyzing the Sarajevo Haggadah and describing the binding, that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) M. Martell.
(b) Dr. Josip Boscovic.
(c) J. Branko.
(d) Werner Heinrich.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose mathematical text is taken out and presented to General Faber at the museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

2. Where was Dr. Heinrich's family killed in a fire-bombing during WWII?

3. Who is Hanna's former teacher and the leading Hebrew manuscripts specialist in the world?

4. What is Amalie Sutter's profession?

5. Where has Hanna arrived in Part V of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What information does Frau Zweig relate about Mittl in "Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

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

6. What theory does Dr. Heinrich present regarding the binding on the Sarajevo Haggadah?

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

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

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

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

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