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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. In which decade of life is Nermin Filipovic, Arrow's unit commander?
(a) Late thirties.
(b) Early thirties.
(c) Late twenties.
(d) Early forties.

2. After Kenan decides to take the safer of the two routes available to him, he realizes that he has just added how many kilometers to his trip?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

3. In what decade of life is Mrs. Ristovski?
(a) 80s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 70s.

4. What term does the narrator use to identify Arrow's position?
(a) Con artist.
(b) Informant.
(c) Sniper.
(d) Spy.

5. Each of the canisters Kenan plans to bring from his own home holds how many liters of water?
(a) 96.
(b) 24.
(c) 36.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Everything is said to now cost how many times as much as it had before the onset of the siege?

2. When Kenan makes the trek to the brewery, he always fetches water for his family and for which other character?

3. When Kenan imagines having lunch with in Veliki Park, he visualizes sharing it with which friend?

4. How far away from the brewery is Kenan when a man runs around the corner and warns him about shelling on the left bank?

5. What does Kenan do when he flips the light switch out of habit and the lightbulb turns on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kenan’s family situation.

2. Describe Arrow’s path to becoming a sniper working to defend Sarajevo against the siege.

3. What is Bascarsija and what is Galloway's purpose for alluding to it?

4. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

5. What situation is Dragan in when the reader rejoins him in Chapter Two?

6. Discuss an instance when Galloway uses the sound motif in Chapter Two.

7. What is Sarajevo Roulette, according to Emina?

8. Toward what location is Dragan traveling in his introductory session in Chapter One and for what purpose?

9. Discuss the meaning of the Leon Trotsky quote Galloway includes as an epigraph.

10. What does Dragan do for a living and what is his family situation?

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