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

2. Over what bridge does Kenan reluctantly decide to build into his route home in Chapter Three?

3. What is the man holding in his hand when he asks Kenan if he has seen his terrier?

4. How many containers has Kenan filled with water by the time he hears an incoming shell?

5. The narrator states that Kesovo Stadium has been repurposed as what type of facility?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In what way does Dragan equate incredulity with sanity in Chapter Three?

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

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

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

7. In what way does the theme of courage arise within the final pages of Chapter Three?

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

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

10. What is the setting of the opening of Chapter Three and which character's story is narrated first?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss how and why Galloway instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Cellist of Sarajevo.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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