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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The High Commissioner of _________ announces that the entire population will be held responsible if the hostage is killed.
(a) Palestine
(b) Israel
(c) Egypt
(d) England

2. The first mission of Elisha was to attack a _______________ on the road between Haifa and Tel Aviv.
(a) Army Captain
(b) Lone tank
(c) Military convoy
(d) Supply bus

3. In London, Dawson's mother requests _____________ for David ben Moshe in order to save her own son.
(a) A pardon
(b) A speedy trial
(c) A stayed execution
(d) The death

4. Elisha's previous idea about killing others included: If you kill, then you're taking on the function of _________.
(a) Death harbinger
(b) God
(c) Angels
(d) Fate

5. At what time of day is Elisha looking out the window he is standing by in the building?
(a) Noon
(b) Dawn
(c) Twilight
(d) Midnight

Short Answer Questions

1. Gad and David are childhood friends who entered the __________ together.

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

3. Elisha also wants to find out what makes a man most truly a _________ in this world.

4. When the people learn the entire population will be held responsible, the word _________ begins to be whispered by the people.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Elisha seen every night since hearing the advice of the beggar?

2. What are some of the basic ideas of the Movement's ideology as taught to recruits by Gad?

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

4. What does Ilana say to John Dawson's mother during her radio program?

5. What are some of the operations that Elisha has taken part in since his arrival in Palestine?

6. Describe the city setting at the start of the story when Elisha is standing near a window.

7. How can one tell the different between night and day time, according to the beggar in Elisha's memory?

8. What does Elisha envy in the Old Man, regardless of what he instructs them to do for the cause?

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

10. What is the lesson of the grizzled master that Elisha remembers when he learns about the idea of killing others?

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