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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. What did Filipovic's family use to take a shower?
(a) A jug.
(b) A tin horse trough.
(c) Water running through a tap.
(d) A bucket.

2. Who took Filipovich to summer school?
(a) Nedo.
(b) Mirna.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Mommy.

3. What kept Filipovich company even though it was in the "dangerous room"?
(a) The television.
(b) The radio.
(c) The notes from the piano.
(d) The view of the mountains.

4. What was Filipovic's uncle's injury?
(a) He was shot in the head.
(b) He had shrapnel in his chest.
(c) He was wounded in the arm.
(d) He was wounded in the leg.

5. Who did Filipovich give a necklace and bracelet to for her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Jaca.
(b) Marina.
(c) Maja.
(d) Matea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Filipovic's parents buy in large amounts once the gunfire stopped?

2. Who was the woman who helped at Filipovich's home when her mom was not feeling well?

3. What did "RFI" stand for?

4. What Muslim religious holiday is celebrated on April 4th?

5. Where was the 150 year old house that Zlata's mom and dad restored?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe life in the cellar during the shelling and shooting in Sarajevo.

2. What were Filipovic's feelings on politics?

3. Why was Filipovic upset on October 19, 1991?

4. What did Filipovic think about the kitten Cici?

5. How did Filipovic think people in the streets reacted to being in a war zone?

6. Describe Filipovic's responsibilities during her mother's illness in February of 1992.

7. How were Filipovic's mother and father trying to reach Srdjan, who was stranded in Dubrovnik?

8. How did Filipovic describe her life on June 29, 1992?

9. Describe Filipovic's grandparents reaction to see her four months after the war started.

10. What did Filipovic discuss as she walked across the bridge and around the post office on September 20, 1992?

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