Dawn Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. Gideon doesn't say a thing during his torture because he feels as if God is ____________ him.

2. What does John Dawson want to do as he is waiting for his execution?

3. Elisha believes he lost the answer to #146 on his way to _______________.

4. Ilana is saved from being killed by a member of the opposition by a situation with ____________.

5. Who takes Elisha's arm and tells him to talk to the boy who looks like the Elisha of before?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ilana say when she talks about she also kills with her voice? Do they have a choice?

2. What happened to Stefan at the concentration camp where Elisha was held as well?

3. Who are some of the dead people that Elisha begins to see in the room around him?

4. What does John Dawson request from Elisha after he begins to pace around the room?

5. What does Elisha begin to understand about the idea of killing others as he talks with the younger version of himself?

6. What does Elisha tell John Dawson about the meaning of his name after John comments on it?

7. What does Gideon reveal to Elisha about John Dawson, which surprises Elisha?

8. What is ironic about the room in which John is being held as a prisoner?

9. What did Gideon do to narrowly escape his own death, according to his recollection?

10. What does the Berlin Chief of the Gestapo do to Stefan in order to try to get information from him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to all of the people who are guarding Dawson, they have cheated death in many a situation.

Part 1: Why do you think the author thought it was important for the characters to mention the fact that they had cheated death?

Part 2: Do you feel more or less sympathetic for these people as they speak about their brushes with death?

Part 3: Have you ever cheated death? How did that make you feel afterward? If not you, then someone else?

Essay Topic 2

The symbolism of 'dawn' is everywhere in this story - with dawn being when the prisoner is killed and when Elisa becomes pensive.

Part 1: Why do you think 'dawn' was selected as the focus of the title?

Part 2: Do you think 'dawn' is a good symbol to use in this story? Why or why not?

Part 3: Is dawn an important time in your life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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