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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elisha have to do the following day that is making him pensive during this evening?
(a) Get married
(b) Kill a man
(c) Go home
(d) Take a test

2. Every evening, Elisha stands near a window in order to greet the arrival of ___________.
(a) Night
(b) Dawn
(c) His prayers
(d) His soul

3. What does the English army proclaim once they find out that a member of their troops has been captured?
(a) Miliatry government
(b) Bombing of Palestine
(c) Trade embargos
(d) 48 hour curfew

4. What is NOT one of the adjectives one might use to describe the city at the time Elisha is experiencing it?
(a) Unreal
(b) Motionless
(c) Silent
(d) Loud

5. When the people learn the entire population will be held responsible, the word _________ begins to be whispered by the people.
(a) Coup
(b) Sinners
(c) Betrayers
(d) Pogrom

Short Answer Questions

1. David ben Moshe's death sentence is the __________ death sentence the mandatory power in Palestine has imposed on the people of the Movement.

2. Every evening, Elisha has never failed to see a __________ when he stands at the window.

3. During what season does the opening section of the novel take place?

4. What is the only thing Elisha knows about the man he will be facing the following day?

5. Who has had enough of the killings of the Movement fighters and vows to kill one soldier for each Movement fighter executed?

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