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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. How long has it been since Kenan and his family have had reliable electricity?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

2. What is the name of the man Dragan pretends not to see in Chapter One, though he knows and likes him?
(a) Amil.
(b) Armin.
(c) Revya.
(d) Emina.

3. What job does Emina report Jovan to have recently acquired?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Liaison.

4. On what day of the cellist's series does Arrow see him perform for the first time in the street?
(a) 8th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 11th.
(d) 27th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose is Dragan walking toward his workplace in Chapter One?

2. Dragan thinks about the fact that to go outside means to accept the possibility that you will suffer which fate?

3. About how far away are the soldiers that Arrow watches in Chapter One?

4. What type of material is covering Arrow's legs as she is lying face-down next to a window?

5. The sound of what type of weapon interrupts Kenan's reverie about Veliki Park?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of Albinoni’s adagio from the cellist’s perspective and why?

4. What theft does Arrow consider to be the most egregious when it comes to what the men on the hill have stolen from her and her fellow Sarajevans?

5. What did the cellist used to do for a living before the Siege of Sarajevo began and what purpose did he see in his work?

6. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

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

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

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

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

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