The Cellist of Sarajevo

Prologue

Reading Check

1. Civilians (Prologue)

2. The Sarajevo Opera Hall (Prologue)

3. Principal cellist in the Opera Hall (Prologue)

4. Albinoni’s Adagio (Prologue)

5. 22 days (Prologue)

Short Answer

1. The people who were killed were people he knows—friends and neighbors. (Prologue)

2. He decides to bring beauty and hope back to the people of Sarajevo. (Prologue)

Chapter 1, Sections 1-3

Reading Check

1. She’s an assassin/sniper. (Chapter 1, Section 1)

2. Steri Grad (Chapter 1, Section 2)

3. In Italy (Chapter 1, Section 3)

4. A bakery (Chapter 1, Section 3)

Short Answer

1. She wanted her new name to reflect her reputation as a killer. (Chapter 1, Section 1)

2. She believes they have stolen her happiness and her gratitude for life. (Chapter 1, Section 1)

3. She distances herself by her belief that her actions are more moral because she is not attacking the civilians of Sarajevo. (Chapter 1, Section 1)

4. Kenan means that he would rather suffer the pressures of everyday life than live in fear of the ongoing war around him.