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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. What was the relationship between Kenan and Raza when they moved into their current apartment building?

2. When Emina decides to cross the street and Dragan stays behind, in what part of her body does she sustain a gunshot wound?

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

4. By the onset of Chapter Three, Arrow has begun to sleep in which location during periods of heavy shelling?

5. From what location does a sniper take a shot at Arrow, but leave the cellist unharmed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Emina when she crosses the street in Chapter Two?

2. What is the significance of Arrow's use of the term "weapon" (120) to refer to herself?

3. Contrast the previous experiences Emina and Dragan have had with the cellist and their differing levels of optimism.

4. What evidence leads Arrow to believe that the murder of Ermin Filiopovic had been an inside job?

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

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

7. What are Arrow's initial feelings about Hasan and how are they proven or disproven by subsequent events?

8. What does Filipovic mean when he tells Arrow it is time for her to disappear in Chapter Three?

9. What is ironic about Emina's regret concerning the cellist, which she voices to Dragan in Chapter Three?

10. In what way does the theme of courage arise within the final pages of Chapter Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Cellist of Sarajevo and analyze Galloway’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Galloway in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Cellist of Sarajevo. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Galloway’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Galloway's choice to tell the story of The Cellist of Sarajevo using the perspectives of three Sarajavan citizens. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Galloway’s intended effects on the reader?

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