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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 kind of a musical piece does the cellist play when he feels particularly hopeless?
(a) An adagio.
(b) An aria.
(c) A hymn.
(d) A triptych.

2. Under which building does the tunnel used for paid escapes and smuggling lie?
(a) The airport.
(b) City Hall.
(c) The magistrate's office.
(d) The library.

3. How many people has Dragan seen killed by snipers since the siege began?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

4. When Kenan makes the trek to the brewery, he always fetches water for his family and for which other character?
(a) Dragan.
(b) Mrs. Ristovski.
(c) His sister-in-law.
(d) Amil.

5. What term does Arrow use to describe herself when she is performing effectively in her role as a sniper?
(a) Weapon.
(b) Robot.
(c) Machine.
(d) Savior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dragan is making his way toward what type of location, where he has worked for 40 years?

2. Each of the canisters Kenan plans to bring from his own home holds how many liters of water?

3. Which character describes Sarajevo roulette as being more complicated than Russian roulette?

4. On what day of the cellist's series does Arrow see him perform for the first time in the street?

5. Kenan thinks of which form of transportation as being symbolic of civilization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the tram symbolize in Kenan's memory of the siege's first day?

2. What task must Kenan undertake every four days throughout the siege and why?

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

4. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

5. What is the significance of the 1984 Olympics according to Dragan?

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

7. In what way does Galloway use word choice to suggest the anxiety Kenan feels as he walks through his devastated city?

8. On what factor does Dragan base his decision to cross the street the first time he leaves Emina's side after they run into one another?

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

10. What does the reader learn about life in Sarajevo during the siege, in relation to electricity and water?

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