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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Elisha owes his life to a ______________, according to his story.
(a) Laugh
(b) Coin
(c) Book
(d) Woman

2. Elisha wants to impose the image of ____________ torturer on John Dawson, but he cannot.
(a) Gideon's
(b) Stefan's
(c) David's
(d) Joab's

3. Elisha's master's eyes are like two globes of _________, two suns that burn his face.
(a) Fire
(b) Coal
(c) Water
(d) Lava

4. Who is NOT one of the people that Elisha sees filing into the room as the night goes on?
(a) His parents
(b) Old Man
(c) Beggar
(d) A boy who looks like him

5. Who has not eaten all day because he is upset about what is going to happen to John Dawson?
(a) Gad
(b) Gideon
(c) Joab
(d) Elisha

6. The tattered fragment of darkness has a face, Elisha sees, and that face is ___________.
(a) His father's
(b) His own
(c) His rabbi's
(d) John's

7. What time is it when Ilana and Joab comment about how it's the longest night they've ever lived through?
(a) 4:00 AM
(b) 3:00 AM
(c) 1:00 AM
(d) 2:00 AM

8. What does Joab notice about himself once he is out of his hiding place?
(a) His eyes are a different color
(b) His hair has turned white
(c) His clothes are on backwards
(d) He is heavier

9. Those in the Movement have a _________, and if they deny this, then they cede victory to their enemy.
(a) Leader
(b) Plan
(c) Prayer
(d) Code

10. Looking back on the situation of killing the man, Gad says that he was very young and very _________.
(a) Naive
(b) Innocent
(c) Understanding
(d) Weak

11. What does the beggar tell Elisha as Elisha walks around asking questions of everyone?
(a) This is a night of darkness
(b) This is a night of many faces
(c) This is a night to remember
(d) This is a night of mystery

12. What does Gideon report back about the state of health of John Dawson?
(a) He is coughing
(b) He is vomiting
(c) He is asleep
(d) He is hungry

13. The boy finally tells Elisha that the dead are not there to ________, but because they go wherever he goes.
(a) Educate
(b) Hurt
(c) Upset
(d) Judge

14. What does John Dawson think of Elisha's name and how it sounds?
(a) He thinks it's musical
(b) He thinks it's appropriate
(c) He thinks it's familiar to him
(d) He thinks it's horrible

15. What is the last word on John's lips at his execution?
(a) Poor boy
(b) Little boy
(c) Son
(d) Elisha

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ tells Elisha that John Dawson doesn't know he will be executed in the morning.

2. What is John Dawson staring at when Elisha enters his room to meet him?

3. Elisha says that it is ___________ to kill a complete stranger, which is why he wants to see Dawson.

4. John refuses to be ______________ when he is executed.

5. Who beats Elisha to bringing the food down to John Dawson?

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