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

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

3. When Kenan is first introduced in Chapter One, it is revealed that he will soon celebrate which birthday?
(a) 51st.
(b) 40th.
(c) 36th.
(d) 31st.

4. The men on the hills who are waging the Siege of Sarajevo are encamped at Vraca, an elevated what?
(a) Parking garage.
(b) Fortress.
(c) Plateau.
(d) Reservoir.

5. Dragan decides just before he attempts to cross the intersection that by waiting any longer, he will be taking what action?
(a) Letting the men on the hills win.
(b) Losing his dignity.
(c) Sacrificing his identity.
(d) Surrendering to his fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Amila, Kenan's wife, though he admits she looks 50 because of the war?

3. What is the profession of the character named Ismira Sidran?

4. The narrator states that people who have the means to leave, and choose to do so, are viewed by their fellow Sarajevans in what way?

5. When Dragan is introduced in Chapter One, he thinks about the Winter Olympics that were held in Sarajevo in which year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Emina and why would Dragan rather avoid her?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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