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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. How often must Kenan walk to the brewery to fetch water for his family?

2. Which character feels a kinship with the avian creatures being caught by the old man in Chapter Two?

3. In which decade of life is Nermin Filipovic, Arrow's unit commander?

4. In what type of dwelling does Dragan now live alongside his sister's family?

5. How many people has Dragan seen killed by snipers since the siege began?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dragan do for a living and what is his family situation?

2. What task must Kenan undertake every four days throughout the siege and why?

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

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

5. Who is Nermin Filipovic?

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

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

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

9. How does Arrow determine the location of the sniper tasked with killing the cellist?

10. On what factor does Dragan base his decision to cross the street the first time he leaves Emina's side after they run into one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of The Cellist of Sarajevo and one of the novel's main messages. How does Galloway make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Galloway's choice to tell the story of The Cellist of Sarajevo using the perspectives of three Sarajavan citizens. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Galloway’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Galloway’s novel The Cellist of Sarajevo. What message is Galloway sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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