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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. Where is John Dawson being kept in the two-story building as he is a hostage?
(a) Bedroom
(b) Cellar
(c) Closet
(d) Kitchen

2. The beggar tells Elisha not to be afraid of the dark. Night is ____________ than day.
(a) Easier
(b) Stiller
(c) Truer
(d) Purer

3. Every evening, Elisha has never failed to see a __________ when he stands at the window.
(a) Shadow
(b) Cloud
(c) Moon
(d) Face

4. Who comes knocking at Elisha's door just as he is asking questions of the world and his place in it?
(a) Ilana
(b) Gad
(c) Gideon
(d) David ben Moshe

5. How is David ben Moshe scheduled to die according to the judgment of military law?
(a) Shooting
(b) Hanging
(c) Beheading
(d) Injection

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hassidic legends, the ______________ is always portrayed standing, according to Elisha's understanding.

2. The fighters in the Movement have been attacking under the cover of __________, taking the English by surprise.

3. The Old Man believes the English only respect one thing. What is that one thing?

4. Where is the crying coming from as Elisha is standing at the window of the building?

5. Elisha's goal is to enroll in a ___________ course at the Sorbonne school.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ilana say about the two deaths of the two men who are to be executed?

2. What is the eleventh commandment that is taught to the recruits by a masked man with a soft voice?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the subject that Elisha wants to study when he is enrolled at Sorbonne in Paris?

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

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