The Cellist of Sarajevo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Steven Galloway
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Cellist of Sarajevo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Steven Galloway
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Kenan speaks with an old man catching which kinds of birds?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Geese.
(d) Sparrows.

2. Emina tells Dragan a story about walking down an unfamiliar street and being gifted with what type of fruit?
(a) Apples.
(b) Pears.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Cantaloupe.

3. What does Kenan do when he flips the light switch out of habit and the lightbulb turns on?
(a) He lights a match anyway.
(b) He breaks the lightbulb.
(c) He wakes up his family.
(d) He shouts.

4. The sound of what type of weapon interrupts Kenan's reverie about Veliki Park?
(a) Guns.
(b) Shells.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Land mines.

5. What reason does Kenan ultimately identify for his decision not to enroll in the defending army?
(a) He does not want to accept money from the city government.
(b) He is afraid of dying.
(c) He has friends on the hills.
(d) He has a psychological disorder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bascarsija has served as Sarajevo's what for 500 years?

3. Dragan decides just before he attempts to cross the intersection that by waiting any longer, he will be taking what action?

4. How many children does Kenan have?

5. Who is Emina, the woman into whom Dragan runs in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nermin Filipovic?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

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

10. For what reason does the cellist need protection and from whom?

(see the answer keys)

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