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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. Around what two things is life organized in Serif's home?
2. What was the name of Karaman's wife?
3. Who wrote the report analyzing the Sarajevo Haggadah and describing the binding, that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
4. Where was the Sarajevo Haggadah created?
5. Where was the Sarajevo Haggadah last bound, according to the narrator in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is life in the Kabal family home described in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940”?
2. What is the Sarajevo Haggadah? When and where was it created? Why is it valued?
3. How is the setting of Sarajevo described in 1996 in the novel? How is Bosnia's recent history described?
4. Who is Isak and what is his relationship to Lola? What happens to Isak?
5. What notations does Hanna make during her inspection of the Sarajevo Haggadah? What samples does she take?
6. What actions does Serif Kabal take to save the Sarajevo Haggadah?
7. Describe the narrative style established in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996.” From whose perspective is this chapter related? Why?
8. How would you describe the relationship between Hanna and her mother?
9. How does the narrative style of the novel change in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"? Why do you think the author makes this change?
10. What information does Frau Zweig relate about Mittl in "Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Amitai Yomtov in the novel. How does Hanna know Amitai? What causes her to believe that he is responsible for the Haggadah forgery? Is he? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the Sarajevo Haggadah. What is this manuscript? When was it discovered? When was it created? How does People of the Book illuminate the real-life history of the Haggadah?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Dr. Werner Heinrich in People of the Book. Do you think that Dr. Heinrich is an antagonist in the story? Why or why not? What is Dr. Heinrich's relationship with Hanna? How does that relationship change?
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