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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. Who is Emina, the woman into whom Dragan runs in Chapter Two?
(a) Dragan's colleague.
(b) A friend of Dragan's wife.
(c) Dragan's mistress.
(d) Dragan's former teacher.

2. About how far away are the soldiers that Arrow watches in Chapter One?
(a) 100 meters.
(b) A kilometer.
(c) 800 meters.
(d) A mile.

3. Arrow's first section in Chapter Two names an apartment on which floor as the one where the sniper plans to shoot the cellist?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 5th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

4. Dragan thinks about the fact that to go outside means to accept the possibility that you will suffer which fate?
(a) Captured.
(b) Kidnapped.
(c) Killed.
(d) Injured.

5. Ismet and Kenan have been friends for over how many years?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the reader joins Arrow in Chapter 2, she is speaking to Nermin Filipovic in which location?

2. How often must Kenan walk to the brewery to fetch water for his family?

3. What color is Arrow's shoulder-length hair?

4. The men on the hills who are waging the Siege of Sarajevo are encamped at Vraca, an elevated what?

5. What kind of a musical piece does the cellist play when he feels particularly hopeless?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

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

3. Describe Kenan’s family situation.

4. How does Arrow determine the location of the sniper tasked with killing the cellist?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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