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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 days did Zlata finally celebrate her eleventh birthday?

2. What did Filipovich and her family put over the windows after they were blown out by a shell that exploded near the house?

3. Where did mommy's Braco go?

4. On July 5, 1992, what did Filipovic wish she could do but was unable to because it was in the "dangerous room"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Filipovic and her friends do when they visited Jahorina?

2. What were Filipovic's feelings on summer school in August of 1992?

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

4. Why did Filipovic's father come back from Zenica upset?

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

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

7. Who was the war hardest on according to Auntie Ivanka?

8. How did the Filipovics find their apartment when a shell fell nearby?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Filipovic was able to escape Sarajevo and move to Paris. Filipovic described the city of Paris as she saw it outside the airplane window. Compare the cities of Sarajevo and Paris.

Essay Topic 2

Filipovic lived a typical childhood until the shells began to fall and the gunfire started. Compare Filipovic's pre-war life with her post-war life discussed in the entry dated December 1993.

Essay Topic 3

The weather was cold and snowy in January of 1993. Filipovic began to think about past winters. Her family and friends often went to Crnotina and Mount Jahorina to get away from the city.

Part 1) Describe the winter of 1993. How did it compare to the winters before the war?

Part 2) Discuss Jahorina. What did the children do there?

Part 3) Describe the Filipovic house at Crnotina before the war.

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