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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. Elisha is usually uneasy about beggars who inspire in him mingled feelings of _________ and fear.

2. Elisha believes it is necessary to kill in order to change his people's ____________.

3. The Jews now go out and _______, just like everyone else, to assert their rights to live as men.

4. Where is John Dawson being kept in the two-story building as he is a hostage?

5. If one sees a __________, then night has succeed the day, for night has a face.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the English army do in response to the kidnapping of Captain John Dawson?

2. How did Elisha, the main character, come to be in France after the events of WWII?

3. How have the fighters of the Movement been attacking the English by surprise?

4. What do several masked instructors teach to the new recruits when they arrive in Palestine?

5. What was the decision of the Old Man that Gad relayed to Elisha an hour earlier in the first chapter?

6. What will happen to David ben Moshe as a result of his capture by the English?

7. What has Elisha done every night since learning the lesson of the beggar as it was taught to him?

8. Why didn't Elisha want to return to his native town where his family used to live?

9. What happens to Elisha after he spends a month in a youth camp in Normandy, France?

10. Why does Gad want Elisha to join the Movement of Jews who are fighting against the English?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pride seems to be a large part of the decisions which are being made in this story. People do things because they think they should, not because they want to do them necessarily.

Part 1: Why do you think the movements believe that they have to act a certain way?

Part 2: What do you think might happen if a side did back down? How would this be a bad thing for them?

Part 3: Do you think pride is a major cause of world struggles? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The media begins to circulate reports about the escalating tension between the two groups and their respective prisoners.

Part 1: In what ways does the media help the situation which is taking place in the story? Or don't they?

Part 2: Why do you think people rely on the media to help them in hostage situations?

Part 3: Do you think the media's intentions are completely pure in these sorts of situations? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Facing the man he is to kill is not a simple task for Elisa, nor would many people consider it a simple task.

Part 1: Why do you think Elisha wants to face the man he is told he will kill in the morning?

Part 2: Why do you think Dawson tries to talk with Elisha before he dies?

Part 3: Would you have been able to sit and talk with the man who you were about to kill? Why or why not?

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