The Cellist of Sarajevo pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2016 The Cellist of Sarajevo - Answer keys 1 of 2 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme LEVEL 3 Book key 1 Open answers 2 Galloway heard the story of a Sarajevo cellist who played for people in the street during the siege. He used the idea to write his own story. 3 Possible answers: a She pulled the bow slowly across her cello. b This rifle only holds three bullets. c Hold the container by its handle. d The shell exploded in the main square, killing ten people. e The sniper fired from the roof and hit the president. 4 a the cellist / It is shelled. b Arrow / In an empty building. c Kenan / To the brewery. d Dragan / To the bakery. 5 a She only shoots soldiers. b To kill soldiers. To become a person who hated. c He feels very frightened, but his family has to have water. d He ties them together with rope so he can carry three in each hand. e To eat. f His flat was destroyed, and his wife and son have left the city. 6–7 Open answers 8 a 8 b 1 c 9 d 2 e 7 f 4 g 3 h 5 i 6 9–11 Open answers 12 a ✗ b ✗ c ✓ d ✗ e ✓ f ✓ g ✓ h ✗ i ✗ 13–15 Open answers 16 a Dragan b Dragan c Emina d Emina e Dragan 17 a the sniper / Arrow b the sniper c Kenan / the shell d the containers / Kenan 18–21 Open answers 22 a bullet b medicine c tunnel d protection e explosion f guns g commander h decisions 23–27 Open answers 28 a 3 b 5 c 2 d 1 e 4 29–31 Open answers 32 a warm / (fire)wood b outside / water c cellist / four d alive / run e medicine / bakery f boots / gunmen g last / rifle 33–43 Open answers Discussion activities key 1 Open answers 2 Dragan: Listen to me, dear. This city has become too dangerous. You have to leave. Raza: But I want to stay and help you. I’m your wife. Dragan: How can you help, and what about our son? Raza: I can ………………. . 3 Open answers 4 Possible questions: Is your job dangerous? Do you work outside? Do you work in an office? Do you earn a lot of money? Do you wear uniform? Do you work with other people? Do you work with computers? Is your job difficult? Do men and women usually do your job? 5–6 Open answers 7 wool, plastic, glass, metal, bread, flowers. 8 Open answers 9 A man is lying on his stomach in the road. A bullet hit the wall behind Arrow. The cellist starts to play at 4 o’clock. People get water from the streams below the brewery. A lot of people are crying for help. The shell explodes about thirty metres away from Kenan. Kenan will probably have to make two trips across the bridge. 10 Suggestions: snakes, sharks, spiders, closed spaces, open spaces, heights, lifts, water, fire 11–14 Open answers Activity worksheets key 1 a 6 b 3 c 1 d 4 e 2 f 5 2 a across b at c for d down e in f about 3 a foreign b steak c smoke d trip e lucky f beard 4 catch−a bus make a−decision meet−friends feel−sorry save−lives try−hard walk−away start−a war 5 a Kenan couldn’t see any soldiers on the hill. b Kenan didn’t want to join the army. c A lot of people died in an explosion. d Some people drove around in new cars. e A bird was moving quickly along the ground. f A man sat down and played his cello. 6 a liking b wore c nobody d either e few f more