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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 many different types of reactions does Kenan identify at the scene of the shelling?

2. Arrow flees from the company of Hasan in part because she is unnerved by his "desire for" (198) what?

3. How old is Hasan, according to Arrow's estimate?

4. What term does Arrow use to describe the version of herself that is logical, merciless, and focused?

5. What does Dragan do when he decides he does not want the cameraman to take photographs of a particular character's body?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of Arrow's use of the term "weapon" (120) to refer to herself?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What happens to Emina when she crosses the street in Chapter Two?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Galloway send about the transformative power of art and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Galloway’s use of the motif of sound within the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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