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

2. What building did Filipovic's dad take a picture of as it was burning?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The school.
(c) The church.
(d) The post office.

3. What was not the same since the war started according to Filipovich on September 20, 1992?
(a) The world.
(b) The people.
(c) The streets.
(d) The houses.

4. What happened to Filipovich's country home in Crnotina on June 18, 1992?
(a) The country house was burned down.
(b) Filipovich's dad sold the house.
(c) The country house became a shelter for refugees.
(d) The country house was destroyed by a shell.

5. Why was crossing the bridge so dangerous?
(a) Snipers shot people crossing the bridge.
(b) The bridge was unstable.
(c) Kidnappers preyed on innocent victims.
(d) Muggers attacked people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Filipovic and her friends do at "Boza's Trail"?

2. Who took Filipovich to summer school?

3. Now that most of her closest friends moved away, who are Filipovic's best friends?

4. Who was killed by a shell that fell in front of the community center on September 15, 1992?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened at the park on May 7, 1992?

3. How did FIlipovic and her father react when the marketplace was shelled and Filipovic's mother was nearby?

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

5. Describe Filipovic's feelings on the war after Mladjo was killed?

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

7. Describe the violence in Sarajevo as described by Filipovic in March of 1992.

8. What did Melica say she heard at the hairdresser's?

9. Where did Filipovic and her friends spend their holidays?

10. Why did Filipovic want to see Mirna on May 13?

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