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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what purpose is Dragan walking toward his workplace in Chapter One?
2. How old is Amila, Kenan's wife, though he admits she looks 50 because of the war?
3. In what type of dwelling does Dragan now live alongside his sister's family?
4. What color is Arrow's shoulder-length hair?
5. How long has it been since Kenan and his family have had reliable electricity?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In what way does Galloway use word choice to suggest the anxiety Kenan feels as he walks through his devastated city?
3. 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?
4. How does Arrow react to hearing the cellist's music for the first time in Chapter Two?
5. What is the significance of the 1984 Olympics according to Dragan?
6. Toward what location is Dragan traveling in his introductory session in Chapter One and for what purpose?
7. What is the significance of Albinoni’s adagio from the cellist’s perspective and why?
8. Describe Arrow’s path to becoming a sniper working to defend Sarajevo against the siege.
9. Discuss an instance when Galloway uses the sound motif in Chapter Two.
10. What task must Kenan undertake every four days throughout the siege and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Galloway’s use of characterization methods to portray himself within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in The Cellist of Sarajevo?
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by Galloway in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Cellist of Sarajevo. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Galloway’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Galloway's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of The Cellist of Sarajevo.
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