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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 sound does Kenan hear just after his encounter with the man in the track suit?
(a) A shrill scream.
(b) An air-raid siren.
(c) A rush of water.
(d) Music.

2. In what decade of life were Raza and Kenan when they moved into their current apartment?
(a) Late teens.
(b) Early thirties.
(c) Late thirties.
(d) Early twenties.

3. How old is Hasan, according to Arrow's estimate?
(a) Just under 30.
(b) Around 20.
(c) Just over 40.
(d) Around 50.

4. When Kenan's second section in Chapter Two opens, he is looking up at the ruins of which building?
(a) The post office.
(b) The jail.
(c) The National Library.
(d) The museum.

5. The narrator shares that most citizens of Sarajevo now sleep in which rooms of their houses?
(a) Solariums.
(b) Bathrooms.
(c) Attics.
(d) Basements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kenan has seen how many people lined up to get water during a few of his previous trips?

2. What object does Dragan find in Emina's coat pocket along with the bottle of expired pills?

3. As the number of funerals attended by Arrow has grown, which of her emotions has grown as well?

4. What action does Kenan take when he figures out that the man wearing a track suit sells water for a living?

5. Against what type of object does Dragan sit after Emina is taken to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what location is Arrow taken when she is removed from her apartment in Chapter Three and why?

2. What evidence leads Arrow to believe that the murder of Ermin Filiopovic had been an inside job?

3. What does Filipovic mean when he tells Arrow it is time for her to disappear in Chapter Three?

4. What is ironic about Emina's regret concerning the cellist, which she voices to Dragan in Chapter Three?

5. What is the setting of Dragan's final section within Chapter Two?

6. Does Arrow fulfill the mission given to her by Filipovic? Why or why not?

7. What emotion has continued to build in Arrow's heart in ever greater amounts as she attends more funerals?

8. For what reason does Kenan feel a variety of emotions upon arriving at the brewery?

9. What are Arrow's initial feelings about Hasan and how are they proven or disproven by subsequent events?

10. Contrast the previous experiences Emina and Dragan have had with the cellist and their differing levels of optimism.

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