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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. When Arrow awakens to the sound of boots on the stairs outside her apartment, she is taken to "what's left of" which "building" (194)?

2. For how many minutes does Arrow wait in Nermin Filopovic's office before he enters the room?

3. How many years ago did Kenan meet Mrs. Rovalski?

4. What color is the car driven by the man in the track suit?

5. What action does Kenan take when he figures out that the man wearing a track suit sells water for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the man in the tracksuit and what emotions does he inspire in Kenan?

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

3. What is the setting of Dragan's final section within Chapter Two?

4. How and when did Kenan and Mrs. Ristovski first meet?

5. For what reason does Kenan feel a variety of emotions upon arriving at the brewery?

6. 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?

7. What emotion has continued to build in Arrow's heart in ever greater amounts as she attends more funerals?

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

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

10. What clue alerts Arrow to the fact that there is trouble brewing after she leaves Filipovic's office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Galloway send about the transformative power of art and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Arrow's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Galloway in depicting Arrow and include in your discussion the reasons that Galloway reveals Arrow's real name at the end of the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from The Cellist of Sarajevo, such as the cello notes, the bottle of expired pills, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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