The Cellist of Sarajevo Quizzes

The Cellist of Sarajevo Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed January 09, 2022

1 What decade does the novel take place?

The 1970s

The 1990s

The 1980s

The 1960s
2 How many characters get their own section(s)?

4

3

1

2
3 Which character only gets one section?

The cellist

Arrow

Dragan

Kenan
4 Why does the cellist decide to play ?

To save music

To resist

To honor the dead

To ease his suffering
5 How many days will the cellist play?

10

12

22

20
6 The enemy is referred to as "the men on _____ "

the fringes

the mountains

the bluff

the hills
7 Arrow's sniping is

practiced

erratic

an art

intuitive
8 Arrow refuses to kill

women

civilians

soldiers

old people
9 Arrow hates the men on the hills because

they are the enemy

they made her hate them

she loves her city

they are evil
10 Arrow's choice of a target

is always planned

is sometimes random

is told to her in advance

is never planned
11 Kenan is in his

50s

60s

20s

40s
12 What is Kenan's main duty?

To fight the men on the hills

To be a sniper

To work at a bakery

To get water
13 How many containers in total does Kenan take?

6

10

2

4
14 Mrs. Ristovski is all the following except

young

opinionated

rude

nosy
15 Dragan works at a/an

bakery

office building

fortress

marketplace
16 Dragan's main action in the novel is

trying to get to work

trying to protect his family

trying to get water

trying to kill the men on the hills
17 Dragan's family is

missing

in Sarajevo

dead

in Italy
18 The snipers that menace Dragan are at

the brewery

bridges

the marketplace

intersections
19 Dragan thinks the city looks

dead

cruel

gray

dark
20 Whom does Dragan first see at the intersection?

A man with a hat

A neighbor

Emina

A man who used to work near him
21 Ismet is

a soldier

formerly a taxi driver

a friend of Kenan's

all of these
22 How does Kenan feel about fighting in the war?

He is afraid to kill

He is afraid to die

He avoids being drafted

All of these
23 Kenan is always amused by the unbroken

mirror on the street

car mirrors

apartment windows

car windows
24 Kenan sold what on the black market?

His typewriter

His guitar

His washing machine

His wedding ring
25 How do people get out of Sarajevo?

By boat

Airplanes

A road

A tunnel

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