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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. As the number of funerals attended by Arrow has grown, which of her emotions has grown as well?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Despair.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Anger.

2. What color is the brewery building?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. Dragan guesses that the cellist plays for what purpose?
(a) To give people a respite from the violence.
(b) To stop things from getting worse.
(c) To bring beauty to an ugly war.
(d) To let the world know about the horrors of the siege.

4. What is NOT an element of Dragan's prior experience with the cellist?
(a) He has never given him much thought.
(b) He has never seen him perform.
(c) He has spoken with him.
(d) He has heard about him in passing.

5. Kenan becomes furious in Chapter Three when he realizes the true fate of which appliance he had sold very cheaply?
(a) A vacuum cleaner.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) A radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number does Dragan reach when he counts out the seconds until the hatless man is shot dead?

2. When Kenan decides to use the crowd at the brewery to trick himself into thinking he is at a public gathering, what type does he imagine?

3. When Arrow's final section of Chapter Two opens, it has almost reached what time of the morning?

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

5. What does Filipovic name as the cause of his imminent firing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action does Arrow take when Hasan orders her to kill a civilian?

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

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

4. What clue alerts Arrow to the fact that there is trouble brewing after she leaves Filipovic's office?

5. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality arise within the latter half of Chapter Two?

6. Describe the emotions Kenan feels when the brewery comes into view.

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

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

9. What clue alerts Kenan to the severity of the oncoming explosion while he is getting ready to fill Mrs. Ristovski’s bottles with water at the brewery?

10. Discuss how the themes of guilt and responsibility arise in the aftermath of Kenan’s frightening experience at the brewery.

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